Cuantificadores en Inglés

Los cuantificadores son adjetivos y frases adjetivales que responden a las preguntas "How much?" y "How many?" Usamos cuantificadores antes de un sustantivo, un artículo o un determinante para describir cantidad y cantidad.

Regla 1: Para elegir el cuantificador correcto, debes determinar si el sustantivo al que se refiere es contable o incontable y considerar si hay un artículo (the) o un determinante (these, those, yours, etc.) antes de un sustantivo.

A continuación se explica cómo utilizar los cuantificadores más comunes en inglés:

A Lot Of / Lots Of

Regla 2: Podemos utilizar los cuantificadores a lot of y lots of en oraciones positivas y negativas, preguntas y con todo tipo de sustantivos, así como antes de artículos y determinantes.

Estos son los cuantificadores más flexibles del idioma inglés. Otras alternativas incluyen plenty of, a great deal of, loads of, etc.

Much / Many

Regla 3: Usamos much con sustantivos incontables y many con sustantivos contables para describir una gran cantidad de algo en oraciones positivas, así como negativas y preguntas.

Note: We can use the word so before quantifiers much/many to emphasize a very large amount of something or the word too to suggest there is more of something than needed.

Few / Little

Rule 4: We use few with countable nouns and little with uncountable nouns to describe a small amount of something in positive sentences as well as negatives and questions.

Note: We can use the word so before quantifiers few/little to emphasize a very small amount of something or the word too to suggest there is less of something than needed.

Note: We can use quantifiers a few and a little to also express a small number of things, but keep in mind that they express a larger amount than few and little without the particle a.

Some / Any

Rule 5: We can use the quantifiers some (in positive sentences and questions) and any (in negatives and questions) with both countable and uncountable nouns.

Note: We can use both some and any in questions, but we use some only in questions that express an offer/request or when we expect the positive answer, i.e., "yes."

Enough

Rule 6: We can use enough with both countable and uncountable nouns to express that there is a sufficient amount of something in positive sentences, negatives, and questions.

Quantifiers with Of

Rule 7: We can add the word of to a quantifier to introduce a noun preceded by an article (the), a determiner (e.g., their) or a personal pronoun (e.g., them).