英语中，冠词、物主限定词、名词属格、指示限定词、基数词和序数词等等，都属于限定词。

今天小编与大家一起学习一些特殊限定词的用法。

一、表示“多”的限定词

表示“多”的限定词有many, much, a lot of, lots of, plenty of等。

1）many, much常用于否定句和疑问句，而a lot of等则常用于肯定句。

I haven't seen many English novels.

Have you drunk much water today?

I have seen a lot of / lots of / plenty of / a great number of English novels.

I have drunk a lot of / lots of / plenty of / a great amount of water today.

2）many / much 既可作限定词，也可作不定代词，a lot 也可单独用作名词词组： 

Have you seen all these novels? ----No, I haven't done very many. 

You have done a lot for me.

 
二、表示“少”的限定词

表示“少”的限定词有(a) few, (a) little。

1）a few, a little表示"少量"，带有肯定意义。

Let's invite a few friends to our party.  

I had a little difficulty in reading this poem.

2）few / little表示否定意义，相当于not many / much, not enough。 

I have very few pens left. Could you give me some more. 

There is little food in the fridge. Let’s go to the supermarket.

3）quite a few, a good few, not a few表示“相当多”。

Quite a few of us are getting tired.

You'll have to wait a good few days.  

 

三、表示“一些”的限定词

表示“一些”的限定词有some, any。

1）some 是肯定词，常用于肯定句；any是非肯定词，常用于否定句或疑问句。 

There are some books for me. 

There aren't any books for me. 

Are there any books for me? 

2）any也常用于条件分句： 

If you have any trouble, please call me.  

3）当说话人期待肯定回答时，some也可用于疑问句。

Would you like some cake? 

4）some与单数可数名词搭配时,表示“某一”；any与单数可数名词搭配，表示“任何一个”。

Some boy has broken the bowl. 

Any child could answer that question.  

另外，还有一些限定词，它们既可以作限定词，也常用作不定代词，如all, both, every, each, either, neither, any等，具体用法，我们一起在下一篇学习吧~