Avoiding Typical Errors With

Quantifiers

Many   X   Much

Use many for countable nouns

Ex: I've  eaten many cookies.

     Many people demonstrated against the increasing violence.

Use much for uncountable nouns

Ex: I don't have much time.

(A) Few   X   (A) Little

(A) Few-used with plural countable nouns

A Few - positive idea    /    Few - negative idea

Ex: We have a few minutes to finish this exercise ( enough )

     We have few minutes so we can't finish this exercise ( not enough )

(A) Little-used with uncountable nouns

A Little - positive idea   /   Little - negative idea

Ex: We have a little time to finish this exercise ( enough )

     We have little time so we can't finish this exercise ( not enough )