Deal, Quantity, Number等詞的用法辨析
一、a great/good many 非常多，許多(形容詞)
- The young couple has travelled a great many cities since they got married.
- A great many college students were sent to the West to help the children there.
- Helen has a great many friends indeed, but she does not think she has any she can confide in.
- The city was even equipped with a drainage system, for a great many clay pipes were found beneath the narrow streets.
He has extracted a great many examples from the grammar book.
比較：
1. many a... 許多(后接單數(shù)動詞)
Many a teacher has come to the exhibition.
Many a woman has great influence on her husband.
He beguiled us with many a tale of adventure.
2. a lot, lots of, a number of 與 a great many / a good many 意義相同。
二、a great deal 大量地，非常多的
1、作副詞
The old woman's life is a great deal better now.
2、作代詞
1. We have learnt a great deal from our professor.
2. I have accomplished a great deal in the last few months.
3. We waited for their decision with a great deal of apprehension.
2、作名詞(不可數(shù))
1. People spend a great deal of money on National Day.
2. He drinks a great deal of water every day.
3. He offered me a great deal of money.
4. Keeping the house really meant a good deal to me.
3、比較：a lot of, lots of 也表示“非常多”，但它既可接可數(shù)名詞，也可接不可數(shù)名詞。
There is a lot of rain here in summer.
There are lots of tourists in Beijing every year.
A glossy magazine has lots of pictures of fashionable clothes and is printed on good quality paper.
He is a bold thinker, with lots of original ideas.
4、比較 ：a big deal 重要人物
[a subject, situation, or event which people think is important. ]
1)I don't know why this issue has become such a big deal.
2)Losing the match was no big deal.
3)All I said was, I'm going to have a baby - what's the big deal?
4)Yes, it's his birthday today, but he doesn't want to make a big deal of it. (= make people notice it by having a special celebration)
三、a handful of 一把，少量(作為量詞)
1. She scooped up a handful of snow and rolled it into a ball.
2. Only a handful people agree with him, it is a foolis risk.
3. We invited twenty people, but only a handful of them came.
4.I picked up a handful of letters and began to open them.
比較：
同義詞組有：a small amount of , a small number of
A cap or tube containing a small amount of explosive used to detonate the main explosive charge of a firearm or mine.
At this school, only ten people passed the music examination this year. That may seem a small number but it's(about) par for the course.
四、a kind of 有點兒，幾分，一種
An apple is a kind of fruit.
Money is a kind of allurement for us.
I have a kind of feeling this might happen. (隱約覺得）
I have a kind of suspicion that she told a lie. (有點兒）
比較：
1. all kinds of / all sorts of 各種各樣的
Donations came from all kinds of people.
All kinds of remarkable thigns began to happen.
2. of a kind 同類的，（質(zhì)量）低劣的
There is good news of a kind for Mr. Zhang.
She finds solace of a kind in alcohol.
五、小結
1.只加可數(shù)的復數(shù)
many
a great/good many
a (large/good) number of
復數(shù)謂語
2.+不可數(shù)名詞
much
a great deal of
an amount of=amounts of
單數(shù)謂語
3.+不可數(shù)名詞/可數(shù)的復數(shù)
a lot of /lots of
plenty of (前不加a)
謂語由所修飾名詞定
5.many a +單數(shù)可數(shù)名詞,單數(shù)謂語
4.a large quantity of加不可數(shù)名詞/可數(shù)的復數(shù) ,單數(shù)謂語
quantities of 加不可數(shù)名詞/可數(shù)的復數(shù) ,復數(shù)謂語
六、Large quantities of 的用法
主謂一致我們已經(jīng)詳細復習過，它是高考英語考試的重要考點之一，其中不乏難題，尤其是帶有限定詞的名詞短語作主語時，最難選擇謂語的單復數(shù)形式。例如，“a quantity of +名詞”作主語時，謂語是用單數(shù)還是用復數(shù)就讓廣大考生困惑不已，到底是用單數(shù)還是用復數(shù)
呢？且看下文：
1、A (large) quantity of 修飾可數(shù)或不可數(shù)名詞，謂語動詞用單數(shù)。
Large quantities of money have been sent there.
A large quantity of books has been offered to us.
A large quantity of people is needed here.
2、(large) quantities of修飾可數(shù)或不可數(shù)名詞，謂語動詞用復數(shù)。
例如：Quantities of food (nuts) were on the table.
3、多數(shù)語法，專家們的觀點并非如此,他們認為：
a quantity of 只能修飾不可數(shù)名詞，謂語動詞用單數(shù)。A quantity of 間或也可以修飾可數(shù)名詞，例如，A quantity of baskets were on sale.
a large/small quantity of 大量的/少量的（可以修飾可數(shù)名詞或不可數(shù)名詞），
例如，I need a large quantity of oil (apples).
quantities of大批的，大量的，
例如，Large quantities of polluted water are flowing into the sea.
（a lot of, lots of, plenty of, a large quantity of + 名詞）的詞組后面的名詞是中心詞，謂語動詞根據(jù)后面的名詞的數(shù)而定”。
4、 a quantity of, quantities of可跟可數(shù)名詞與不可數(shù)名詞,并舉有三例：
There is a large quantity of milk.
Great quantities of fish are caught on the high sea.
Large quantities of water are needed for cooling purposes.
5、 章振邦在《新編英語語法》（上海譯文出版社）212頁中講到，a quantity of既可用于復數(shù)可數(shù)名詞，也可用于不可數(shù)名詞。“a quantity of + 不可數(shù)名詞”，謂語只用單，
“quantities of + 可數(shù)與不可數(shù)名詞”，謂語要用復數(shù)。
例如,
A large quantity of flowers were heaped on the martyr’s martyr [5mB:tE] n.烈士, 殉教者tomb.
A large quantity of beer was consumed.
Quantities of food were on the table.
七、 quantity 用法結論：
1．a(chǎn) quantity of后既可接復數(shù)可數(shù)名詞，亦可接不可數(shù)名詞。在它們分別和其后的名詞構成短語作主語時，其謂語動詞通?？磑f后名詞的具體情況而采用單數(shù)或復數(shù)形式。如果是接不可數(shù)名詞，則謂語用單數(shù)形式，如果是接復數(shù)可數(shù)名詞，則謂語通常要采用復數(shù)形式
2．quantities of后既可接復數(shù)可數(shù)名詞，亦可接不可數(shù)名詞,后面的謂語都用復數(shù)形式。
1）Besides, a large quantity of mail bags were found.
2）and a small quantity of dangerous drugs were seized.
3）A quantity of fake certificates and official stamps were also seized.
進行對照比較，弄清它們的區(qū)別，加深對語言現(xiàn)象的印象。
7、以"a great deal of"的用法為例：
比較"lots of", "a lot of", "plenty of", "a large quantity of", "a large number of" 和"a large amount of"的用法，
比較下列句子：
① We have still plenty of eggs left.
We have still plenty of water left.
② The rich lady has large quantities of clothes.
We have large quantities of rain this summer.
③ She has spent a great deal of (a large amount of) money on her clothes.
④ A large number of settlers from France reached Canada in 1534.
⑤ There's lots of rain here in spring.
At noon lots of students go to the reading-room to read.
通過比較這些句子，學生會明白 “lots of”，“ a lot of”，“plenty of” 和 “ a large quantity of" 可以用在可數(shù)名詞和不可數(shù)名詞前，
⑥ “a great deal of ”和 “a large amount of ” 只可用在不可數(shù)名詞前， “a large number of ”只可用在可數(shù)名詞前。
