一、修饰可数名词的常用修饰语有these,
those,
few,
a
few,
many,
a
good
[great]
many,
a
great
[good]
number
of
等：
Few
people
would
agree
with
this.
很少人会同意这种看法。
He
has
a
great
many
friends
here.
他在这儿有很多朋友。
注：a
good
[great]
many
后直接跟名词，不用介词of。但是，若其后所接名词有the,
these,
my
等
限定词修饰，则要用介词of：a
great
many
of
my
friends
我的朋友当中的许多人
二、修饰
不可数名词的常用修饰语有this,
that,
little,
a
little,
a
bit
of,
much,
a
great
deal
of,
a
large
amount
of
等：
He
didn’t
give
me
much
money.
他没给我很多钱。
A
great
deal
of
money
is
spent
on
research.
研究工作上花了许多钱。
注：在现代英语中，a
great
amount
of
后有时也接可数名词，但有许多语法学家反对，学生最好避免使用。
三、有些修饰语既可修饰可数名词也可修饰不可数名词，如all,
some,
enough,
a
lot
of,
lots
of,
plenty
of,
a
(large)
quantity
of
等：
You
needn’t
hurry.
There’s
plenty
of
time.
你不必着急。时间多着哩。
There
are
plenty
of
men
out
of
work.
失业的人很多。
We
need
a
quantity
of
baskets.
我们需要一批篮子。
He
put
a
small
quantity
of
sugar
in
the
milk.
他在牛奶中放了少量的糖。
四、有些名词形式上是复数，但却被用作不可数名词，使用much,
little等修饰语：
He
took
much
pains
to
do
the
work.
他费了不少心做这工作。
I
said
I
wouldn’t
want
much
wages.
我说过我不要很多工资。