{"id":73647,"date":"2020-04-02T10:30:15","date_gmt":"2020-04-02T10:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/?p=73647"},"modified":"2020-04-02T10:30:15","modified_gmt":"2020-04-02T10:30:15","slug":"adjectives-of-quantity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/adjectives-of-quantity\/","title":{"rendered":"Adjectives Of Quantity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/what-are-adjectives-2\/\">Adjectives<\/a> of quantity answer the question &#8216;how much?&#8217;. Examples are:\u00a0<i>some, any,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/few-vs-little\/\">little<\/a>,\u00a0much,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/enough-enough-to-too-to\/\">enough<\/a>, sufficient, insufficient,\u00a0all, whole, great<\/i>\u00a0etc.<\/p>\n<p>Examples are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We need to buy\u00a0<b>some coffee<\/b>.<\/li>\n<li>I have\u00a0<b>little faith<\/b>\u00a0in the system.<\/li>\n<li>She didn\u2019t each\u00a0<b>much breakfast<\/b>.<\/li>\n<li>We haven\u2019t got\u00a0<b>enough time<\/b>.<\/li>\n<li>The meteorological department has predicted that there will be\u00a0<b>sufficient rain<\/b>\u00a0this year.<\/li>\n<li><b>All his life<\/b>\u00a0he worked for the poor and the needy.<\/li>\n<li>Have you got\u00a0<b>any rice<\/b>?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Notes<\/h3>\n<p><b><a href=\"http:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/some-vs-any\/\">Some<\/a>\u00a0<\/b>is mostly used in\u00a0affirmative sentences.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/any-as-a-determiner-class-10-english-grammar\/\"><b>Any<\/b><\/a>\u00a0is mostly used in\u00a0negatives\u00a0and interrogative sentences.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>There is\u00a0<b>some water\u00a0<\/b>in the pot.<\/li>\n<li>Is there\u00a0<b>any water<\/b>\u00a0in the pot?<\/li>\n<li>No, there isn\u2019t\u00a0<b>any water<\/b>\u00a0in the pot.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Little, a little and the little<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/few-vs-little\/\"><b>Little<\/b><\/a>\u00a0has a negative meaning. It means\u00a0<i>hardly any<\/i>.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/little-vs-a-little\/\"><b>A little<\/b><\/a>\u00a0indicates a very small quantity.\u00a0<b>Little<\/b>\u00a0is usually used with singular uncountable nouns.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I have\u00a0<b>little interest<\/b>\u00a0in politics. (= I have hardly any interest in politics.)<\/li>\n<li>We have got\u00a0<b>a little milk<\/b>. (= We have got a very little quantity of milk.)<\/li>\n<li>The cat drank\u00a0<b>the little milk<\/b>\u00a0we had. (= We only had a very little quantity of milk but the cat drank the whole of it.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Enough<\/b>\u00a0can be used as an\u00a0adjective\u00a0or as an\u00a0adverb. When it is used as an adjective, it goes before a noun. When it is used as an adverb, it goes after an adjective.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We haven\u2019t got\u00a0<b>enough chairs<\/b>. (Here the adjective enough modifies the noun chairs.)<\/li>\n<li>He was\u00a0<b>kind enough<\/b>\u00a0to help me. (Here the adverb enough modifies the adjective kind.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>All and whole<\/h3>\n<p><b><a href=\"http:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/all-vs-whole\/\">All and whole<\/a>\u00a0<\/b>have similar meanings, but they are used differently.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>He lived<b>\u00a0all his life<\/b>\u00a0in France. (NOT He lived his all life in France.)<\/li>\n<li>He lived\u00a0<b>his whole life<\/b>\u00a0in France. (NOT He lived whole his life in France.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Adjectives of quantity answer the question &#8216;how much?&#8217;. Examples are:\u00a0some, any,\u00a0little,\u00a0much,\u00a0enough, sufficient, insufficient,\u00a0all, whole, great\u00a0etc. Examples are: We need to buy\u00a0some coffee. I have\u00a0little faith\u00a0in the system. She didn\u2019t each\u00a0much breakfast. 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