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Ask your administrator if you think this is wrong. ======Quantifiers: further information ====== ====='Every' or 'each'?===== <html><P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 107%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'" lang=EN-US>They are often very similar in meaning and usage but there are some differences:</SPAN></B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 107%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'" lang=EN-US> </SPAN></B></P> <P style="TEXT-INDENT: -21.3pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 21.3pt; tab-stops: 35.45pt"><B><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 107%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'" lang=EN-US>1.<SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc"> <SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>Each</SPAN> can be used alone but <SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">every</SPAN> can't so:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN></B></P> <P style="TEXT-INDENT: -21.3pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 21.3pt; tab-stops: 35.45pt"><B><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 107%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #ff33cc" lang=EN-US> </SPAN></B></P> <P style="TEXT-INDENT: -21.3pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 21.3pt; tab-stops: 35.45pt"><B><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 107%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #0000cc" lang=EN-US><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 2"> </SPAN>Each</SPAN></B><B><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 107%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'" lang=EN-US>/<SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">every</SPAN> delegate was given a name badge when they arrived.</SPAN></B></P> <P style="TEXT-INDENT: -21.3pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 21.3pt; tab-stops: 35.45pt"><B><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 107%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #0000cc" lang=EN-US><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 2"> </SPAN>Each</SPAN></B><B><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 107%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'" lang=EN-US> was given a name badge when they arrived.</SPAN></B></P> <P style="TEXT-INDENT: -21.3pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 21.3pt; tab-stops: 35.45pt"><B><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 107%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: red" lang=EN-US><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN></B></P> <P style="TEXT-INDENT: -21.3pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 21.3pt; tab-stops: 35.45pt"><B><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 107%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'" lang=EN-US>2. <SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>We use <SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">every</SPAN> with words like 'nearly' and 'almost': </SPAN></B></P> <P style="TEXT-INDENT: -21.3pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 21.3pt; tab-stops: 35.45pt"><B><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 107%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #00b050" lang=EN-US> </SPAN></B></P> <P style="TEXT-INDENT: -21.3pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 21.3pt; tab-stops: 35.45pt"><B><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 107%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'" lang=EN-US><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 2"> </SPAN>I've sent invitations to nearly <SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">every</SPAN> supplier we deal with.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> <IMG style="WIDTH: 17px" id=39 alt=Image src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/39_db7196aad25f86da510b9bb08610a187.jpg" height=17></SPAN></SPAN></B><B><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 107%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'" lang=EN-US></SPAN></B></P> <P style="TEXT-INDENT: -21.3pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 21.3pt; tab-stops: 35.45pt"><B><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 107%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: red" lang=EN-US><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 2"> </SPAN></SPAN></B><B><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 107%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'" lang=EN-US>I've sent invitations to nearly each supplier we deal with.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> <IMG style="WIDTH: 15px" id=40 alt=Image src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/40_457126aaf23a65c1331eea83d27fb7c4.jpg" height=17></SPAN></SPAN></B></P> <P style="TEXT-INDENT: -21.3pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 21.3pt; tab-stops: 35.45pt"><B><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 107%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: red" lang=EN-US> </SPAN></B></P> <P style="TEXT-INDENT: -21.3pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 21.3pt; tab-stops: 35.45pt"><B><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 107%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'" lang=EN-US>3. <SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>We use <SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">every</SPAN> with some <SPAN style="COLOR: #7030a0">abstract nouns</SPAN> in order to </SPAN></B><B><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 107%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'" lang=EN-GB>emphasise</SPAN></B><B><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 107%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'" lang=EN-US> a positive attitude. For example:</SPAN></B></P> <P style="TEXT-INDENT: -21.3pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 21.3pt; tab-stops: 35.45pt"><B><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 107%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'" lang=EN-US> </SPAN></B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 107%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'" lang=EN-US><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 2"> </SPAN>I have <SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">every</SPAN> confidence that you will succeed.<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN></SPAN></B></P> <P style="TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 107%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'" lang=EN-US><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>We have <SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">every</SPAN> reason to believe that the situation will improve next year.</SPAN></B></P> <P style="TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 107%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'" lang=EN-US><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>He has <SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">every</SPAN> hope of winning the contract.</SPAN></B></P> <P> </P> <P> </P></html> ====='The few' and 'the little'===== <html><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>These are used with nouns to emphasise a small number or amount:</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 35.45pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><br></span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 35.45pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> I spent the <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">little</span> money I had on a new coat.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 35.45pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>They might suggest 'not enough':</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>This is one of the<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"> few </span>departments in the company that is making a profit. </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>[Not enough departments are performing well]</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Or refer to a special or select group: </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> O</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>urs is one of the <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">few</span> companies of its kind to gain success in the US. <span style="color: rgb(0, 176, 80);"></span></span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Similarly, we can use 'what <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">few</span>' and 'what <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">little</span>':</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>We need to work hard to keep what <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">few</span> clients we have left.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Let's use what <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">little</span> time we have effectively.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><font face="Times New Roman"></font></span></b><br></p></html> ====='Few' with possessive adjectives===== <html><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>'Few' can be used with <span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">possessive adjectives</span> and <span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">demonstratives</span>: </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 176, 80); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 35.45pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><u>These</u><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"> few </span>buildings here are going to be demolished.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 35.45pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>I really enjoyed <u>my</u> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">few </span>days off last week.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 35.45pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></b><br></p></html> ====='Many' and 'a' + singular noun===== <html><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>This structure is more likely to be found in formal or literary English:</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 176, 80); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: red; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Many</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> a man has produced his best work late in life.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: red; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>But it can be conversational, especially when talking about repeated actions:</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: red; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>I spent <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">many</span> a pleasant afternoon just walking on the beach.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>I stayed out late <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">many</span> a night when I was young.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></b><br></p></html> ====='Much' in negative and interrogative sentences===== <html><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-no-proof: yes;'>Note that </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-no-proof: yes;'>in negative and interrogative sentences, we need to pay attention to word order to make our meaning clear. For example:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 176, 240);"></span></span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-no-proof: yes;'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-no-proof: yes;'>Does he watch TV <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">much</span>? [= Does he often/regularly watch TV?]<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-no-proof: yes;'>Does he watch <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">much</span> TV? [= Does he watch a lot of programmes?]</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-no-proof: yes;'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-no-proof: yes;'><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>I don't watch TV <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">much</span>. [not often]</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-no-proof: yes;'><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>I don't watch <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">much</span> TV. [not a lot]</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-no-proof: yes;'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-no-proof: yes;'>Similarly:</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-no-proof: yes;'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-no-proof: yes;'><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Do you write letters <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">much</span>? [= Do you often write letters?]</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-no-proof: yes;'><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Do you write <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">many </span>letters? [= Do you write a large number of letters?]</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-no-proof: yes;'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-no-proof: yes;'><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>I don't write letters <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">much</span>. [not often]</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-no-proof: yes;'><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-no-proof: yes;'>I don't write <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">many </span>letters. [not a lot]</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-no-proof: yes;'></span></b><br></p></html> ====='Much' in passive sentences===== <html><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Much </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>is<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"> </span>commonly used in passive sentences such as these:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 176, 240);"></span></span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The new building was <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">much</span> admired.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Your offer is <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">much</span> appreciated.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Our car is very old but <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">much</span> loved.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></b><br></p></html> ====='Much/many' or 'a lot of' in interrogative and negative sentences ===== <html><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>There is a slight difference in meaning between the following two sentences:</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Do you have <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">much</span> money? <span style="color: fuchsia;"></span></span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>and </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Do you have <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">a lot of </span>money?</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Depending on the context, the first question might be referring to a large amount of money or simply asking how much money someone has or if they have enough.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 176, 80);"></span></span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>The second question is asking specifically if someone has a large amount. </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>There is less difference between negative sentences:</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>He doesn't have <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">many </span>friends.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>and</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>He doesn't have <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">a lot of </span>friends.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Depending on the context or tone of voice, either sentence might be stating that the person doesn't have a large number of friends or emphasising a lack of friends in general.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></b><br></p></html> ====='Many' with 'the' and possessive adjectives ===== <html><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>We can use these in front of <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">many</span>:</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;"><b><u><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>The</span></u></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">many </span>people who attended the conference said it had been very productive.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>He talked to us about <u>his</u> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">many</span> roles.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></b><br></p></html> ====='As much/many as' ===== <html><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>We use 'as much/many as' to stress the size of an approximate amount or quantity:</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>As <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">many</span> as 300 people are expected to be there.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>They predict as <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">much</span> as a 40% increase in sales next year.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></b><br></p></html> ====='Some' as 'approximately' ===== <html><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>We can use <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">some </span>before a quantity to mean 'approximately':<span style="color: red;"></span></span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">Some</span> 65% of our employees are women.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>We're expecting <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">some</span> 500 people to attend the conference.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></b><br></p></html> ====='Some' with singular nouns ===== <html><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>In informal English, we sometimes use <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">some</span> with a singular noun. It is used when we are not being specific - because we don't know, can't remember or it doesn't matter which. To emphasise the lack of importance, we can add 'or other'</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>"How was your trip to Rome?"</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>"Not bad but I went to<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"> some </span>fish restaurant and had something that made me really ill."</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>"Did Jenny enjoy her holiday?"</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>"Yes, she met <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">some</span> man or other but I don't think it will last."</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></b><br></p></html> =====Intensifiers ===== <html><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>We can use intensifiers to give extra information. Here are some examples: </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;'> </span></b></p><table class="MsoTableLightListAccent1" style="border: currentColor; border-image: none; border-collapse: collapse; mso-border-alt: solid #5B9BD5 1.0pt; mso-border-themecolor: accent1; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: -1; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes;"><td width="319" valign="top" style="background: rgb(91, 155, 213); border-width: 1pt medium medium 1pt; border-style: solid none none solid; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(91, 155, 213); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 239.4pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1; mso-background-themecolor: accent1;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; text-indent: 36pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 5;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-themecolor: background1;'> </span></b></p></td><td width="319" valign="top" style="background: rgb(91, 155, 213); border-width: 1pt 1pt medium medium; border-style: solid solid none none; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 239.4pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-background-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 1;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-themecolor: background1;'>every</span></b></p></td></tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 0;"><td width="319" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt medium 1pt 1pt; border-style: solid none solid solid; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 239.4pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-themecolor: accent1;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>'almost' and words with a similar meaning such as 'nearly' and 'virtually'</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(255, 51, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;'></span></p></td><td width="319" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 239.4pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-themecolor: accent1;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>They ate <u>nearly</u><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"> every </span>sandwich.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b><u><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Almost</span></u></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">every </span>client speaks French.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(255, 51, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;'> </span></b></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><table style="border: currentColor; border-image: none; border-collapse: collapse; mso-border-alt: solid #5B9BD5 1.0pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" table=""><tbody><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes;"><td width="149" valign="top" style="background: rgb(91, 155, 213); border-width: 1pt medium medium 1pt; border-style: solid none none solid; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(91, 155, 213); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 111.75pt;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 176, 80); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p></td><td width="255" valign="top" style="background: rgb(91, 155, 213); border-width: 1pt medium medium; border-style: solid none none; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 191.35pt;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>few</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 176, 80); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></b></p></td><td width="234" valign="top" style="background: rgb(91, 155, 213); border-width: 1pt 1pt medium medium; border-style: solid solid none none; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 175.7pt;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>little</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 176, 80); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></b></p></td></tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1;"><td width="149" valign="top" style="border-width: medium medium medium 1pt; border-style: none none none solid; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(91, 155, 213); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 111.75pt; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>'so' </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>To emphasise a small quantity or amount</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p></td><td width="255" valign="top" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border: rgb(240, 240, 240); border-image: none; width: 191.35pt; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>There are <u>so</u><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"> few</span> specialists in this field.</span></b></p></td><td width="234" valign="top" style="border-width: medium 1pt medium medium; border-style: none solid none none; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 175.7pt; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>I have <u>so</u><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"> little</span> to do today; I think I'll leave early.</span></b></p></td></tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 2;"><td width="149" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt medium 1pt 1pt; border-style: solid none solid solid; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 111.75pt; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>'too'</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Not enough</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p></td><td width="255" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt medium; border-style: solid none; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 191.35pt; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>We have <u>too</u> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">few </span>English speakers in the team.</span></b></p></td><td width="234" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 175.7pt; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>We have <u>too</u> <font color="#0000cc">little</font> time for this.</span></b></p></td></tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 3;"><td width="149" valign="top" style="border-width: medium medium 1pt 1pt; border-style: none none solid solid; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 111.75pt; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>'as...as...'</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>To emphasise a small quantity or amount, especially if smaller than expected</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p></td><td width="255" valign="top" style="border-width: medium medium 1pt; border-style: none none solid; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(91, 155, 213); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 191.35pt; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>A lot of businesses are closing in this city; there are now <u>as</u> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">few</span> <u>as</u> three factories.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 176, 80); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p></td><td width="234" valign="top" style="border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 175.7pt; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>You can buy one of our cars for <u>as</u><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"> little</span> <u>as</u> €9,000.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 176, 80); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 176, 80); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><table style="border: currentColor; border-image: none; border-collapse: collapse; mso-border-alt: solid #5B9BD5 1.0pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" table=""><tbody><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes;"><td width="149" valign="top" style="background: rgb(91, 155, 213); border-width: 1pt medium medium 1pt; border-style: solid none none solid; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(91, 155, 213); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 111.75pt;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p></td><td width="277" valign="top" style="background: rgb(91, 155, 213); border-width: 1pt medium medium; border-style: solid none none; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 207.45pt;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>a few</span></b></p></td><td width="213" valign="top" style="background: rgb(91, 155, 213); border-width: 1pt 1pt medium medium; border-style: solid solid none none; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 159.6pt;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>a little</span></b></p></td></tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1;"><td width="149" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt medium 1pt 1pt; border-style: solid none solid solid; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 111.75pt; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>'only', 'just'</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>To emphasise a small quantity or amount</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 176, 80); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p></td><td width="277" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt medium; border-style: solid none; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 207.45pt; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>We <u>only</u> have <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">a few </span>more days to finish this - we need to work faster.<span style="color: rgb(0, 176, 80);"></span></span></b></p></td><td width="213" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 159.6pt; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>I need <u>just</u> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">a little </span>more time.<span style="color: rgb(0, 176, 80);"></span></span></b></p></td></tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 2;"><td width="149" valign="top" style="border-width: medium medium 1pt 1pt; border-style: none none solid solid; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 111.75pt; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>'quite'</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>To suggest 'quite a lot', maybe more than expected</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 176, 80); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p></td><td width="277" valign="top" style="border-width: medium medium 1pt; border-style: none none solid; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(91, 155, 213); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 207.45pt; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>There are <u>quite</u> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">a few</span> good restaurants in this town<span style="color: rgb(0, 176, 80);"></span></span></b></p></td><td width="213" valign="top" style="border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 159.6pt; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: FR; mso-no-proof: yes;'> </span></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><img height="17" id="40" style="width: 15px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/40_457126aaf23a65c1331eea83d27fb7c4.jpg"></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 176, 80); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></b></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Note that </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>in contrast to the usual rule<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">, </span>when we add 'only' to <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">a little</span> or <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">a few</span>, it usually suggests a negative or unfavourable situation:</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>There are <u>only</u> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">a few </span>IT specialists in the department - we need to recruit some more.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Sometimes, however, there is a suggestion of reassurance and a positive attitude:</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>I won't be long - I <u>only</u> have <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">a few </span>more things to do and then I'll help you.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Don't worry; we <u>only</u> have to spend <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">a little </span>more time on this.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>But when<span style="color: red;"> </span>the noun is negative, the feeling is positive:</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>There was <u>only</u> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">a little </span><u>difficulty</u> finding new recruits</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></b> </p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; line-height: 115%;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><table style="border: currentColor; border-image: none; border-collapse: collapse; mso-border-alt: solid #4F81BD 1.0pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" table=""><tbody><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes;"><td width="205" valign="top" style="background: rgb(79, 129, 189); border-width: 1pt medium medium 1pt; border-style: solid none none solid; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 154pt;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p></td><td width="205" valign="top" style="background: rgb(79, 129, 189); border-width: 1pt medium medium; border-style: solid none none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 154.05pt;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>much</span></b></p></td><td width="205" valign="top" style="background: rgb(79, 129, 189); border-width: 1pt 1pt medium medium; border-style: solid solid none none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 154.05pt;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>many</span></b></p></td></tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1;"><td width="205" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt medium 1pt 1pt; border-style: solid none solid solid; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 154pt; background-color: transparent;"><p class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>'so'</span></b></p><p class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p></td><td width="205" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt medium; border-style: solid none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 154.05pt; background-color: transparent;"><p class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>I enjoyed it <u>so</u> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">much</span>.</span></b></p><p class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>He has <u>so</u> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">much</span> money.</span></b></p></td><td width="205" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 154.05pt; background-color: transparent;"><p class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>We have <u>so</u> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">many </span>problems.</span></b></p><p class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p></td></tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 2;"><td width="205" valign="top" style="border-width: medium medium medium 1pt; border-style: none none none solid; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 154pt; background-color: transparent;"><p class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>'a good/great'<span style="color: fuchsia;"></span></span></b></p><p class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: fuchsia; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: fuchsia; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p></td><td width="205" valign="top" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border: rgb(240, 240, 240); border-image: none; width: 154.05pt; background-color: transparent;"><p class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style='color: fuchsia; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: FR; mso-no-proof: yes; mso-ansi-language: FR;'> </span></p><p class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><img height="17" id="40" style="width: 15px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/40_457126aaf23a65c1331eea83d27fb7c4.jpg"></span><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: fuchsia; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></b></p></td><td width="205" valign="top" style="border-width: medium 1pt medium medium; border-style: none solid none none; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 154.05pt; background-color: transparent;"><p class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>We have <u>a good</u> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">many </span> problems.</span></b></p><p class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: fuchsia; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p></td></tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 3;"><td width="205" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt medium 1pt 1pt; border-style: solid none solid solid; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 154pt; background-color: transparent;"><p class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>'too'</span></b></p><p class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>More than is needed or desired</span></b></p><p class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p></td><td width="205" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt medium; border-style: solid none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 154.05pt; background-color: transparent;"><p class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>He has <u>too</u> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">much</span> money.</span></b></p><p class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>He travels <u>too</u> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">much</span>.</span></b></p></td><td width="205" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 154.05pt; background-color: transparent;"><p class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>We have <u>too</u> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">many </span>problems.</span></b></p><p class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p></td></tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 4;"><td width="205" valign="top" style="border-width: medium medium 1pt 1pt; border-style: none none solid solid; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 154pt; background-color: transparent;"><p class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>'twice as...'</span></b></p><p class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>'half as...'</span></b></p><p class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>etc.</span></b></p></td><td width="205" valign="top" style="border-width: medium medium 1pt; border-style: none none solid; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 154.05pt; background-color: transparent;"><p class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>I only earn <u>half as</u> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">much</span> as my boss! </span></b></p><p class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>We need <u>three times as</u> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">much</span> money for this project as we have.</span></b></p></td><td width="205" valign="top" style="border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 154.05pt; background-color: transparent;"><p class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>There are <u>twice as</u> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">many </span>women in the company compared with ten years ago.</span></b></p><p class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>We have <u>10 times as</u> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">many</span> branches as our competitors.</span></b></p><p class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><table style="border: currentColor; border-image: none; border-collapse: collapse; mso-border-alt: solid #4F81BD 1.0pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" table=""><tbody><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes;"><td width="319" valign="top" style="background: rgb(79, 129, 189); border-width: 1pt medium medium 1pt; border-style: solid none none solid; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 239.3pt;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p></td><td width="293" valign="top" style="background: rgb(79, 129, 189); border-width: 1pt 1pt medium medium; border-style: solid solid none none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 219.7pt;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>a lot (of)</span></b></p></td></tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1;"><td width="319" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt medium 1pt 1pt; border-style: solid none solid solid; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 239.3pt; background-color: transparent;"><p class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>'rather', 'quite'</span></b></p><p class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Depending which word we stress when speaking, 'quite' can emphasise a large amount or modify it <span style="color: red;"></span></span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: fuchsia; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p></td><td width="293" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 219.7pt; background-color: transparent;"><p class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>He travels <u>rather</u> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">a lot</span>.</span></b></p><p class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>He has quite <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">a lot of </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">money</i>. </span></b></p><p class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>He has quite <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">a <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">lot</i> of </span>money.</span></b></p><p class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>[these two both emphasise a large amount]</span></b></p><p class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>He has <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">quite</i> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">a lot of </span>money. [a lot but not an exceptional or surprising amount]</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p></td></tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 2;"><td width="319" valign="top" style="border-width: medium medium 1pt 1pt; border-style: none none solid solid; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 239.3pt; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>'such'<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="color: fuchsia;"></span></span></b></p></td><td width="293" valign="top" style="border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 219.7pt; background-color: transparent;"><p class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>He has <u>such</u> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">a lot of </span>money.</span></b></p><p class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>He travels <u>such</u> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">a lot</span>.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><font face="Calibri"> </font></span><br></p></html> =====Examples===== <html><a class="various" href="https://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/1383_9f8d357c84bb94205897f25f083f110a.png" rel="image_show"></a><p><img height="105" id="1383" style="width: 109px; height: 92px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/1383_9f8d357c84bb94205897f25f083f110a.png"> <span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;'><strong>When the</strong> <strong>candidates arrived, <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">each </span>was shown to a waiting room.</strong></span></p><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;'></span> <p><strong><img height="99" id="56" style="width: 99px; height: 81px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/56_0711dca839a48ee9153de8e3508f75e5.jpg"> <span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;'>If we work together on this, we have <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">every</span> chance of success.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></strong></p><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;'><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span></span> <p><strong><img height="165" id="24" style="width: 83px; height: 115px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/24_9f1dd7cbf2e58a9fa6477137b2e0ef17.jpg"> <span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>We get together <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">every</span> few months.</span></strong></p><p><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><strong><img height="110" id="343" style="width: 105px; height: 76px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/343_9abfb1dbf6c57f1c281e52a98111f219.png"> <span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>"Do you speak German?" </span></strong></span><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span><strong> "Yes, <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">a little</span>." </strong></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span><strong> "That's unusual. The <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">few</span> French people I've met are more likely to speak Spanish."</strong></span></span></p><p><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;'><strong><img height="130" id="12" style="width: 102px; height: 104px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/12_05b699a0e6ddeffefef079810fd7f2fd.jpg"> <span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;'>I don't know much about the situation but I'll share what <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">little</span> information I have. </span></strong></span></span></p><p><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;'><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;'><strong><img height="94" id="87" style="width: 114px; height: 67px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/87_138627ee25e69c5fbdff3dbed299a336.jpg"> <span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;'>There are quite <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">a few </span>of us in this office at the moment - we need more desks.</span></strong></span></span></span></p><p><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;'><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;'><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;'><strong><img height="83" id="575" style="width: 109px; height: 55px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/575_989cdd4263c8f2e85bbcd2fb4fc8dfdc.jpg"> <span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;'>I'd like to visit these <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">few</span> villages here.</span></strong></span></span></span></span></p><p><span><span><strong><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;'><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;'><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;'><img height="93" id="1441" style="width: 110px; height: 74px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/1441_ebb44f8e2da096c4cd7294e3965b6f5e.jpg"> <span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>We only have <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">a few </span>more days here so we won't have time to see everything.</span></span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;'><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;'><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;'></span></span></span></strong></span></span></p><p><strong><img height="109" id="496" style="width: 108px; height: 81px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/496_01554585359c154058581f7c773ed0ab.png"> <span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;'>One of the best things about this city is the <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">many</span> different things you can buy in the markets.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></strong></p><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;'><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span></span> <p><strong><img height="114" id="260" style="width: 107px; height: 91px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/260_6d50f55bdb002099fcd2b4aa130c9819.jpg"> <span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>I know <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">many</span> of you will agree that <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">much </span>can be achieved if we continue to work together.</span></strong></p><p><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><strong><img height="151" id="233" style="width: 94px; height: 109px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/233_af1b492e6a570a619c151313d8bd9dc1.jpg"> <span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;'>Much </span><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;'>of my time is spent on the phone. </span></strong></span></p><p><strong><img height="110" id="506" style="width: 94px; height: 97px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/506_cfcb7cebef177156990047197c4dfa84.png"> <span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;'>The cathedral and city centre are <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">much</span> admired by visitors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></strong></p><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;'><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span></span> <p><strong><img height="90" id="22" style="width: 95px; height: 69px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/22_2c92fdb155462305fa185eccc9fcb303.jpg"> </strong><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"><strong><font face="Arial">Many's</font></strong></span><font face="arial" size="2"><strong> the time I've fallen asleep at my desk.</strong></font></p><p><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><strong><img height="121" id="407" style="width: 107px; height: 79px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/407_6977dc0dd875b1f31ee1c2282663d884.png"> <span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Since retiring, I've spent <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">many</span> a pleasant afternoon just relaxing and listening to music.</span></strong></span><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span><strong> I don't do a great deal in the mornings either!</strong></span></span></p><p><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><strong><img height="80" id="575" style="width: 112px; height: 69px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/575_989cdd4263c8f2e85bbcd2fb4fc8dfdc.jpg"> <span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>They're planning a <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">much</span> needed break.</span></strong></span></span></p><p><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><strong><img height="85" id="404" style="width: 107px; height: 61px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/404_4045b8129d6839f6e88a42295fb7de37.png"> <span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;'>There are <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">some</span> seventy art galleries in Paris but you should check the opening times before visiting <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">any</span> of them.</span></strong></span></span></span></p><p><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;'><strong><img height="90" id="571" style="width: 97px; height: 71px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/571_ef0fa9f08eecfff82864f73a8942bf61.jpg"> <span>"How do you know that?" "Oh, I read it in</span><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;'> </span><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;'>some </span><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;'>book or other."</span><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;'> </span></strong></span></span></span></span> <br></p></html>