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表示许多、大量含义的英语词组及用法I have a great many things to do。

She bought scores/ dozens of eggs yesterday morning．2)Many a／an，也表“很/许多的+可名单,谓动用单数.Many a young man wants to speak English．记忆技巧：修饰可数名词你会发现构成短语的主要名词many，number，score，dozen本身都是可数的!!二、修饰不snow on the ground．A million dollars is a large amount of money to me．记忆技巧:much，本身不可数;deal,amount都是”量”，没法量。

所以加不可数三、修饰可/不可数名词均可:1）a lot of，lots of，plenty of，a great／large／quantity of，e。

g. A lot of／Lots of people（可数）went swimming yesterday．A lot of／Lots of work（不可数）is to be done this week．We have plenty of cakes(可数)。

Take some more．Do n’t hurry．There is plenty of time(不可数）．2）特别说明a lot。

用作名词，表示“很多,多数".He knew a lot about it.用作副词，修饰形容词和动词,表示“非常，相当”。

He is feeling a lot better today．他今天感觉好多了。

She laughed a lot．她笑得很厉害。

3）注意a quantity of的谓语动词。

后边加+不可数名词时，谓语动词用单数;后边加+可数名词复数,谓动动词复数.A small quantity of water（不可数名词) is needed．Water是不可数名词,谓语动词（Be动词用单数)There are a large quantity of flowers(可数名词) in the garden．Flowers是复数，谓语动词be动词用复数形式。

Section_ⅢGrammar—_主谓一致语法图解探究发现①Following Jane’s way of studying chimps, our group are all going to visit them in the forest.②Watching a family of chimps wake up is our first activity of the day.③Everybody sits and waits in the shade of the trees while the family begins to wake up and move off.④Jane warns us that our group is going to be very tired and dirty by the afternoon and she is right.⑤Ten hours has passed since I came here.[我的发现](1)句①中group强调成员，故其后谓语动词用复数形式；句③中的family和句④中的group强调整体，故其后谓语动词用单数形式。

(2)句②中的主语为动名词短语，故其谓语动词使用第三人称单数形式。

(3)表示时间、距离、金额、度量衡等名词作主语时，常表示一个整体概念，谓语动词用单数形式，如句⑤。

谓语动词与主语必须在人称和数上保持一致，这叫主谓一致。

主谓一致的应用主要有以下几种情况：一、名词作主语主语谓语动词可数名词单数或不可数名词单数可数名词复数复数只表示复数意义的集体名词people, police, cattle等复数family, class, group, team类集体名词强调整体单数强调成员复数只作不可数名词用的集体名词clothing, equipment,furniture, jewellery等单数单复数同形的名词means, sheep, works, deer, fish等根据其表达的单复数意义而定The public was kept in the dark about the matter.关于这件事情公众被蒙在鼓里。

英语中“许多、大量”的总结归纳在初高中英语中经常出现的“许多、大量”，主要有如下若干：一.修饰可数名词：1)many，a great／good many，a great／large／small number of，scores of，dozens of。

eg: There are many people in the park. I have a great many things to do.She bought dozens of eggs yesterday morning．2)Many a／an,也表“很/许多的+可名单，谓动用单数。

Many a young man wants to speak English．3) the number of…，表示“…的数目”’，谓动用单数。

The number of books missing from the school library is large．记忆技巧：修饰可数名词你会发现构成短语的主要名词many，number，score，dozen本身都是可数的！！二、修饰不可数名词：1)much，a great／good deal of，a large／small amount of。

There is a great deal of snow on the ground． A million dollars is a large amount of money to me．2) a great／good deal可用作adv.，作状语，饰adj.，特别是adj.比较级，意思是“非常,…得多”；He ran a good deal faster than I.他跑得比我快得多。

也可修饰动词，意思是“很多”。

“Do you walk much?”“Yes，(I walk) a good deal.3) the amount of．．．作主语，谓动用单。

amount,deal,quantity,number等词的用法辨析Amount, Deal, Quantity, Number等词的用法辨析有关quantity的主谓一致一、amount的用法详解1. amount用作名词其意为“数量”、“金额”等，通常用于 a (great, large) amount of 这类结构，其后通常接不可数名词。

如：He made a large amount of money. 他赚了大量的钱。

They have to process a large amount of data. 他们得处理大量数据。

I had not expected such an amount of praise. 我没料到受到这么多赞扬。

A large amount of damage was done in a short time. 短期内造成大量损害。

I had not expected such an amount of praise. 我没料想受到这样多的赞扬。

He must memorize large amounts of material. 他必须背熟大量材料。

注意：这类结构用作主语，其谓语的数取决于amount 的数。

如：在这座桥上花了大量资金。

正: A large amount of money was spent on the bridge.正: Large amounts of money were spent on the bridge.比较：在 a great number of 之后通常接可数名词(用复数)。

如：2. amount用作动词用作动词时意为“合计”、“等于”、“意味着”，通常是不及物动词，其后常接介词to。

如：Building cost amounts to six million dollars. 建筑费用达600 万元。

Her reply amounts to a refusal. 她的回答等于拒绝。