oxford_guide_to_english_grammar

21 QUANTIFIERS PAGE 222
178 Whole and part quantities: all, most, both etc
PACKAGE STEREO SYSTEMS
Package systems are generally advertised on the strength of their features; a
separates system may not have many of these. You may find some of them useful,
but others are gimmicks...
Most package systems have two cassette decks. Both decks play tapes, but only one
can record. All the systems we tested can copy a tape from one deck to the other in
about half the normal playing time.
(from the magazine Which?.)
1 Patterns
a
Quantifier + noun
every system both decks most music
NOTE
These are the possible combinations.
Singular Plural Uncountable
all: all systems all music
most: most systems most music
both:
both systems
either: either system
neither: neither system
every: every system
each: each system
some: (some system) some systems some music
any: any system any systems any music
no: no system no systems no music
For some, any and no, • 179.
For some + singular noun, • 179(5}.
b
c
d
e
Quantifier + determiner + noun
all the systems both these decks half my tapes
We can use all, both and half
Quantifier + of+ determiner + noun
all of the systems both of these decks most of my tapes
We can use many quantifiers: all, both, most, half none, both, either, neither,
each, any, some, many, much, more and one, two, three etc. But exceptions are
every and no.
Quantifier + of+ pronoun
all of them both of these
We can use the same words as in Pattern c.
Quantifier + one
each one either one
We can use either, neither, every, each and any. The of-pattern can come after one.
each one of the systems either one of them