首先要搞清楚,是修饰可数名词或不可数名词,而不是单数或复数名词。可数名词都有复数形式,而不可数名词没有复数形式。
a large deal of、a plenty of和a good supply of 在多数情况下修饰不可数名词,如:a plenty of water, a geat deal of time,不过它们也可以修饰可数名词,如a plenty of men。
a quantity of在多数情况下修饰可数名词,如a quantity of boxes, 不过也可修饰不可数名词,如a quantity of milk。
一、只能修饰可数名词的词语有:
many, many a(n), a good / great many, a (great / large) number of, scores of, dozens of等。
例如:
Scores of people went there in the first few days after its opening。
二、只能修饰不可数名词的词语有:
much, a great deal of, a great / large amount of等。
例如:
三、既能修饰可数名词又能修饰不可数名词的词语有:
a lot of, lots of, plenty of (以上三个词语后谓语动词的数依of 后的名词的单复数而定),a great / large quantity of (其后谓语用单数),quantities of (其后谓语用复数)。
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