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Paul Evdokimov Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
Quantifiers (few,each)
Hi there! The excerpt below is from "English grammar in context" by M.Vince. Could you explain why some of the choices are wrong?
''h.Only ____ people came to see the play on the first night.''
(Options: few, quite a few, a very small number of. 'Few' is not considered to be the right answer. Why?)
''i.I tried ____ house in the street, but nobody had heard of Mrs Salkeld.''
(Options: each, rather a lot of, every. 'Each' is not considered to be the right answer. Why?)
Thanks in advance.
''h.Only ____ people came to see the play on the first night.''
(Options: few, quite a few, a very small number of. 'Few' is not considered to be the right answer. Why?)
''i.I tried ____ house in the street, but nobody had heard of Mrs Salkeld.''
(Options: each, rather a lot of, every. 'Each' is not considered to be the right answer. Why?)
Thanks in advance.
Top answer
Only a few people came to see the play on the first night. ) Few people came to see the play on the first night. OK Paul Evdokimov 'Each' is not considered to be the right answer.
- Only a few people came to see the play on the first night.
- ) Few people came to see the play on the first night.
- OK Paul Evdokimov 'Each' is not considered to be the right answer.
- " However, "every" is far better in the context of the sentence.
- I tried each house in the street, but nobody had heard of Mrs Salkeld.
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Only a few people came to see the play on the first night. OK (Only cannot modify the quantifier "few" directly.)
Few people came to see the play on the first night. OK
Few people came to see the play on the first night. OK
Paul Evdokimov'Each' is not considered to be the right answer. Why?)I see nothing wrong (grammatically) with "each." However, "every" is far better in the context of the sent
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