1. 形容詞的位置：

　　代名形容詞＋數量形容詞＋性狀形容詞＋名詞

　　再細分如下：

　　1放在冠詞前的形容詞(all, both, such...)＋2冠詞、指示形容詞、所有形容詞、不定形容詞(the, a, an, this, that, your, some, any...)＋3序數(first, second...)＋4基數(one, two...)＋5性質、狀態(kind, fine, good...)＋6大小、長短、形狀(large, small, big...)＋7新舊、溫度(old, new, hot...)＋8顏色(red, blue...)＋9國籍(Chinese, English, Japanese...)＋10材料(iron, brick, stone...)＋11名詞、動名詞(boy, house...)

　　2. some和any的用法：

　�。�1）兩者修飾可數單數名詞，表某一個；任何一個； 修飾可數復數名詞和不可數名詞，表一些；有些。

　　〔2）一般的用法：some用于肯定句；any用于疑問句，否定句或條件句。

　　I am looking for some matches.

　　Do you have any matches? I do not have any matches.

　　〔3）特殊的用法：

　　(A) 在期望對方肯定的回答時，問句也用some。

　　Will you lend me some money? (=Please lend me some money.)

　　(B) any表任何或任何一個時，也可用于肯定句。

　　Come any day you like.

　�。�4）some和any后沒有名詞時，當做代名詞， 此外兩者也可做副詞。

　　Some of them are my students.〔代名詞）

　　Is your mother any better?（副詞）

　　3. many和much的用法：

　　〔1）many修飾復數可數名詞，表許多； much修飾不可數名詞，表量或程度。

　　He has many friends, but few true ones.

　　There hasn't been much good weather recently.

　�。�2）many a:

　　many a和many同義，但語氣比較強，并且要與單數名詞及單數形動詞連用。

　　Many a prisoner has been set free. (=Many prisoners have been set free.)

　　〔3〕as many和so many均等于the same number of。 前有as, like時, 只用so many。

　　These are not all the books I have. These are as many more upstairs.

　　They worked like so many ants.

　�。�4）as much等于the same amount of, 表同量和同一事情。

　　He bought two pounds of sugar and as much tea. 〔同量）

　　I was not in the least surprised, for I had fully expected as much. 〔同一事情）

　　（5）many和much之后不接名詞時，作為代名詞；另外much也可用副詞。

　　Many of them were very tired.

　　I don't eat much for lunch. 〔代名詞）

　　He is much taller than I. （副詞〕

　　4. (a) few和(a) little的用法：

　　(1) (a) few用在復數可數名詞之前，(a) little用在不可數名詞之前。

　　He took a few biscuits. (=several)

　　He took few biscuits(=not many)

　　He took a little butter. (=some)

　　He took little butter. (=not much)

　　(2) few可由bardly any或almost no所取代，含否定的意味。

　　The composition is well written; it has few (=hardly any) mistakes.

　　Few (=Almost no) men can solve it.

　　(3) a few相當于some, several, 含肯定的意味。

　　He has a few (=some or several) friends.

　　(4) a little和little之間的差別，就和a few和few的差別一樣，只是(a) little須修飾不可數名詞，表量或程度。

　　He grows worse; there is little hope of his recovery.

　　He is not much better, but there is a little hope.

　　5. 其他的數量形容詞：

　　(1) plenty of, a lot of, lots of均表許多，修飾復數可數名詞或不可數名詞。

　　The room contained plenty of (or a lot of or lots of) students.（復數名詞）

　　The room contained plenty of (or a lot of or lots of) furniture.（不可數名詞）

　　(2) a great (or a good) deal of, a large (or a small) quantity of, a large (or a small) amount of, 均表（量）， 修飾不可數名詞。

　　The room contained a great deal of furniture. （不可數名詞）

　　The room contained a good deal of furniture. （不可數名詞）

　　The room contained a large quantity of furniture. （不可數名詞）

　　The room contained a large amount of furniture. （不可數名詞）

　　The room contained a small quantity of furniture. （不可數名詞）

　　The room contained a small amount of furniture. （不可數名詞）

　　(3) a number of "許多；一些"；a great (large, good) number of "許多"，修飾復數可數名詞，并且要與復數動詞連用。

　　A number of books are missing from the library.

　　The number of books from the library is large.

　�。╰he number of ＋復數名詞←→單數動詞）

　　The room contained a great (or large or good) number of students.（復數可數名詞）

　　(4) enough的用法：

　　(A) 可接復數可數名詞和不可數名詞。

　　There are enough chairs. （可數）

　　There is enough furniture. （不可數）

　　(B) 可放在年修飾名詞的前后。

　　We don't have enough time. =We don't have time enough.

　　(5) hundreds of, dozens of, thousands of, scores of ＋復數可數名詞

　　冠詞或數詞(one, two...) ＋ (hundred, dozen, thousand, score) 復數可數名詞

　　(6) the rest of "其余的"， 可接復數可數名詞及不可數名詞，作主詞時，接可數名詞則用復數動詞，接不可數名詞則用單數動詞。

　　The rest of the students are absent. （復數可數名詞）

　　The rest of the water was thrown away. 不可數名詞）

　　注：the rest作代名詞， 等于 the others， 和復數動詞連用。