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Hanuman_2000 Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Enough/each/many

Hello,

Most of the determiners are also pronouns and a few are many, each,enough,all,both and a lot e.t.c.

I would like to know whether these are pronoun if in their 'of construction' e.g.

Many of us were present in the party.

I wonder whether 'many' in the above sentence used as a pronoun.

Could anyone explain it?

Thanks.
  

Top answer

It is a pronoun.

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  • It is a pronoun.
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Hello,

1. Many of us were happy.

2. Either of us was happy.

3. All of us were happy.

4. Neither of us was happy.

5. Some of us were happy.

6.Most of us were happy.

All the determines in the above sentence are pronoun in 'of construction'.

Could you please confirm it?

Thank
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They are.

#2 is not natural as a stand-alone sentence.
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Hello,

1. Many of us were happy.

2. Either of both the boys was happy.

3. All of the boys were happy.

4. Neither of both the boys was happy.

5. Some of the boys were happy.

6.Most of the boys were happy.

I would like to know whether 'the' just after 'of' with nouns is mandatory in all sentence
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hanuman_2000I would like to know whether 'the' just after 'of' with nouns is mandatory in all the sentences mentioned above.
Yes.

#2 and #4 are not correct.

#2 could be rendered as 'One of the (two) boys was happy'. Drop 'both' in #4.
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Hello,

1. Either of us was happy.

You said that it is not natural.

Please comment on it, if you don't mind.

Thanks.
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