Countable and Uncountable quantifiers

​some and any

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1   Some is used in positive sentences.

  I need some salt.

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2   Any is used in questions and negatives.

  I didn’t eat any pudding.  Do you have any money?

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3   We can use some in questions that are requests or offers.

  Would you like some water?  Can I have some coffee?

​a few and a little and a lot of

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1   We use a few with count nouns.

  I have a few photos of my trip, but not many.

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2   We use a little with uncount nouns.

  We only have a little money left. 

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3 We use a lot of or lots of with both count and uncount nouns.

I have a lot of free time.​

KOC has lots of employees.​

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