Huge amounts

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You need to consume huge amounts of it to have any effect.Is this correct?Can I say in this sentence:large amountsbig amountsmany amountsmuch amountsa little amountsa few amountsThanksLiJ

Vorpar · Accepted Answer

The sentence looks fine.

Only "large amounts" can be a substitute from your list.

"small" and "tiny" can be used in front of "amounts".

Liveinjapan · Answer

Thanks, Vorpar. Got it!

Cool Breeze · Answer

Liveinjapanlarge amounts
big amounts
many amounts
much amounts
a little amounts
a few amounts

Thanks
LiJ

Large amounts is fine; big amounts is grammatical but I don't think natives use it very much; many amounts is grammatical but unidiomatic - to be avoided; much amounts and a little amounts are ungrammatical since much and a little require a singular and amounts is plural; a few amounts is grammatical but I don't think you can find many contexts in which to use it.

The most common expressions are:

There is a large/great amount/quantity of snow in the street. (Singular noun.)
There is a large/great number of books on the table. (Plural noun.)

Opposite: a small amount of; a small number of.

Of course you can also say: a lot of, lots of

CB

Liveinjapan · Answer

Thanks, CB.

I understand.

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