之後須接複數名詞者:

few　　有少數, 沒幾個

a few　 　有幾個

several　　數個 (意思接近a few, 但可能數目較a few多。)

many　　許多個

例: He has few friends.

　(他沒幾個朋友──他的朋友很少。)

　I have a few friends.

　(我有幾個朋友。)

　She has many friends.

　(她有許多朋友。)

注意:

a. few表示『沒幾個』, 有否定意味; a few表示『有幾個』, 有肯定意味。

b. quite a few　　不少的, 相當多的 (= many)

例: He has quite a few friends.

　(他朋友不少。)

c. only a few　　只有幾個 (= few沒幾個)

例: Mary has only few friends.   (╳)

　→ Mary has only a few friends. (○)

　(瑪麗只有幾位朋友。)

之後須接不可數名詞者:

little　　很少, 沒多少

a little　　有一點

much　　許多

例: He has little money.

　(他沒多少錢／他幾乎沒錢。)

　He has a little money.

　(他有一點錢。)

　He doesn't have much money.

　(他的錢不多。

注意:

a. little表示『沒多少』, 有否定意味; a little表示『有一點』, 有肯定意味。

b. quite a little　　不少的, 相當多的

例: He has quite a little money.

　(他的錢不少。)

c. much用於否定句或疑問句中, 而不用於肯定句中。肯定句應使用a lot of或lots of。

例: He has much money. (╳)

　→ He doesn't have much money. (○)

　(他的錢不多。)

　Does he has much money?

　(他有很多錢嗎？)

(他有許多錢。)

d. a great deal of亦表示『許多的、大量的』, 之後須接不可數名詞。

例: He has a great deal of money.

  　= He has a lot of money.

  　= He has lots of money.

　(他有許多錢。)

之後可接複數名詞或不可數名詞者:

some　　一些

a lot of (= lots of)　　許多的

plenty of　　不少的, 相當多的

例: He has some friends/money.

　(他有一些朋友／錢。)

　He has a lot of (lots of) friends/money.

　(他有許多朋友／錢。)

　He has plenty of friends/money.

　(他有不少朋友／錢。)