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How many" or "how mucn" can be expressed through the use of guantifiers

WHAT IS A

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One artist likes to use

in his paintings

several, neither,

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both, either,

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traffic

gold

horses

cheeseburgers

rocks

COUNT

will eat grass.” was ieft for seconds of Ieft."

Few “ Not

used with count nouns

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ither than tigers and jaguars, few

its like water."

only have a fevv doliars."

Some idioms based around a quantifier do no^{+ r}equire the noun described, and the meaning of some of these idioms is opposite the original guantifier.

Example

many

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or rare

Bill ate quite a few cheeseburgers.

In Portland, Oregon, snowstorms are few and far between.

Ralph wculdn't drive because he'd had a few teo many.