the nember of,a great deal,a plenty of,a lot of,四者之间的区别
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1.the number of 意思为“.的数量”,修饰名词作主语时谓语动词用单数

相似的a nmber of 则表示“许多”,谓语动词用复数.

2.a great deal of “大量的”,修饰不可数名词,谓语动词用单数

例:He has given us a great deal of help

A great deal of work has been done to improve the people"s living standard.

与a great deal of 用法相同的有a large amount of

如:He has spent a large amount of momey on his new house.

3.a plenty of 即可修饰可数名词,也可以修饰不可数名词.接可数名词时,谓语动词用复数.接不可数名词时,谓语动词用单数.

例:we have plenty of time.

there are plenty of eggs.

a lot of 的用法与a plenty of 的用法相似,都可接可数名词或不可数名词