## Quantifiers

| Countable | Uncountable
Affirmatives | many (formal) a lot of few a few | much (formal) a lot of little a little
Negatives | many | much
Interrogatives | many few a few | much little a little

The exact difference between te words 'much' and 'many' are to be found at the menu on your left-hand-side.

In questions or negative statements, you can use either much (uncountable nouns) and many (countable nouns):

Do you know many children in your class?

I don't have much money left.

In affirmative sentences you can use 'lots of' or 'a lot of' for either countable or uncountable nouns:

I know a lot of students that are in year 3.

They spent lots of money on refurbishing the house.

Note that 'lots of' is quite informal and is mostly used in spoken production.

Altough we previously stated that 'much' and 'many' were only used in questions and negatives; you may use them in affirmatives under certain conditions:

Behind the words 'so, as, too and how, you can use the words many and much:

She has got so many stuffed animals!

You gave me too much money back, look.

A few | een paar
Few | weinig

A little | een beetje
Little | weinig

I visit my grandmother a few days a week.

Only few of you will know the answer to this difficult question.n

Sheila spilled a little milk on the table.

I have very little faith in your promises.