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QUANTIFIERS

Quantifiers are words that precede and modify nouns and that are used to communicate how many or how much.

Selecting the correct quantifier depends on whether they are used with a count or noncount noun. The following quantifiers can be used with count nouns:

Example: many [quantifier] people, a few people, several people, a couple of people, none of the people.

The following quantifiers can be used with noncount nouns:

Example: not much eating, a little eating, a bit of eating, a good deal of eating, no eating.

QUESTION MARK

A question mark closes a question.

Example: What time is it.

A question mark is also used to express a doubt.

Example: He is older (?) than she.

If the question is indirect, no question mark is used. ...

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