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Understanding Quantifiers in English Grammar

hello I am Zeynep harlot a student at the Department of English language and literature at University of Paris will come to our advanced grammar serious I will talk about the use of all both [Music] we begin what our quantifiers and when can we use them quantifiers are words and phrases which we use when we talk about quantities that are countable or uncountable and we can use them before nouns and set of nouns with off free let's begin with all and all off we used all before plural nouns and uncountable nouns to make a very general statement let's provide the rule with examples he denied all knowledge of it another example all students were prepared early we use all off before determiners plus nouns to make more specific statements for example he spent all of that afternoon polishing the silver or 2/3 of the women the interviewer think about food a lot or all of the time we also use all off not all before pronouns for example I felt that I had been a victim all of my life we don't say I felt that I have been a victim all my life another example all of them all 15 boys were yelling and hollering as coach Dotson seemed to be in shock we can't say all them we used everyone or everything rather than using all by itself for example everyone needs time to unwind or he knew everyone and the business he never missed a meeting and did everything he could to teach and inspire us not all stirred no let's move to both and bought off we was bought instead of using all or both of instead of using on earth when we want to talk about two things or people for example cars parked on both sides of the road or a picture of what of us together we can use all and both for other signs after subjects and pronoun objects for example whatever happens to you you must Baris own or I like them both very much or use an after auxiliary verb and BnB he still had all the letters in his hands it was both relaxing and exciting no half-and-half off we use them to talk about measuring amount or to talk about approximately half we use half before determiners as an have the audience were blabbing away or between determiners and nouns for example don't you spend a half hour selecting what you need we sometimes use her off instead using just half for example half of the lectures are delivered by him let's talk about the usage of hole and the hole off we use them to emphasize a full or complete amount we use hole between a determiner and a singular now for example when we say he was the nicest person in the whole world we also used the whole earth before determiners pronounced and proper noun four places for example the effects will last for the whole of his life so we reached to the end of our session special thanks to dr. linear ecology as well as the audience I hope you benefited this session thank you for listening