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Quantifiers / adjectives of quantity (uncountable nouns)]

We use "there is" to say that a big quantity of matter/something exists.

We use quantifiers (none of, a little of, some of, most of, all of) to describe this quantity of matter.

Key:

(100% of it = all of it) – (97% of it = most of it) - (30% = some of it) – (3% = a little of it) – (No water = none (of it))

Quantifiers / adjectives of quantity (countable nouns):

We use "there are" to say that a total number of people/things exist

We use quantifiers (all of, most of, half of, some of, a few of, none of) to describe the number of these people or things.

Key:

(40 of them = half of them) – (the other 40 = the other half) – (60 of them = most of them) – (about 10 = a few of them) – (12 of them = some of them) – (no demonstrator = none of them)

big quantity of matter existe:

When you want to say that a big quantity of matter existe, being the sentence with: there is...

Example:

There is a lot of plentyof/ much/ water on earth.

When you want to describe this quantity of matter,you use the quantifiers,such as : none of.../a littel of.../some of.../qll of...

tottal number of people or things:

When you want to say that a tottal number of people or things in a group exist,begin the sentence with: there are...

Example: there are 80 demonstrators in the street .

When you describe or subdivide the group of people or things, you use quantifiers:all of them.../half of.../some/a few of...none of...