Discovering quantifiers

Discovering Quantifiers (when do you need of ?

quantifiers * (definite/indefinite nouns) * special cases
More practice with quantifiers: Columbus * Washington * summer texts

1. Choose a number between two and twenty and write it here:

2. Use an online concordance (like COBUILD or VLC) to create two concordances

of your number
of one of the quantifiers above. Be sure to "sort right," if possible.

3. First, look at the section where your number or quantifier is followed by of. Then compare the NOUNS you find after of with the NOUNS you find directly after your number or quantifier in the other parts of the concordances.

4. Can you explain when of follows numbers or your quantifier?

5. Write four sentences of your own, one with your number and one with your quantifier WITHOUT of, and one with each WITH of.

WHAT'S THE DEAL WITH "ALMOST" ????

1. FIRST, before you use a concordance, WRITE a sentence containing the word almost. (It can be about anything .. just think of a sentence with almost in it.) Highlight the word almost and the word after almost in your sentence:

2. AFTER you write your own sentence above, enter the words you have highlighted into a concordance program. Write one of the sentences you find here. If you don't find any sentences with those words, check the box.

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3. Now get a new concordance, but just enter the word almost. Look at the words after almost. How are they different from the word(s) you wrote in your original sentence?

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Ann Salzmann
Intensive English Institute
University of Illinois