Quantifiers : both, several, most and all

Quantifiers, possessives and demonstratives

Quantifiers

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Quantifiers: both, several, most and allAll the people in the photo are sitting down.There are two women. Both women are wearing smart clothes.Most of the houses are painted white.Most children enjoy games.There's a group of children. Several of them are playing with a ball and all of them are smiling.We use quantifiers, usually before nouns, to talk about the number of people or things.We use both with a plural noun to talk about two people or things.We can use both + noun …There are two women. Both women are sitting down.… both + the + noun …Both the women are wearing smart clothes.… or both + of the + noun.Both of the photos show forms of travel.We use all with a plural noun to talk about all the people or things in a group.We can use all + the + noun …All the people in the photo are sitting down.… or all + of the + noun.All of the children are smiling.We use most + of the + plural noun to talk about the majority of the people or things in a group.Most of the houses are painted white.We use most/all + noun (without the or of the) to talk about people or things in a general way.Most children like ice cream.All children enjoy games.We use several (+ of the) + plural noun to talk about some of the people or things in a group.There's a group of men. Several of the men are sitting down.There are lots of children. Several children are playing a game.We can use both/several/most/all + of + pronoun to talk about people or things that we have already mentioned. We cannot omit of.There are two women. Both of them are wearing smart clothes.There's a group of people. Several of them are carrying children, and all of them are smiling.There's a group of people. Most of them are talking.We can use both/several/most/all without a noun or pronoun when it is obvious what we are talking about. There are two women. Both are smiling.There are some shops. Several/most/all are open.

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