This document discusses quantifiers used to describe quantities in English. It separates quantifiers into categories for large quantities like "a lot of" and "many"; small quantities like "very little" and "a few"; and zero quantity like "any" and "no". Large quantity quantifiers are used with affirmative statements and count nouns while small quantity quantifiers take uncountable nouns. "Much" is used for negatives and questions with uncountable nouns and "many" is used for countable nouns in negatives and questions.

1. QUANTIFIERS
LARGEQUANTITIES
A LOT OF/LOTS OF: affirmative
They have a lot 01 [riends/lots 01 friends.
A LOT: no noun
Yes, t like it a lot.
MUCH: uncountable, negative and interrogative
There isn't much milk left:
MANY: countable, negative and interrogative
Were there many people at tbe party?
PLENTYOF: affirmative
There's plenty 01food left if you want some.
SMAll QUANTITIES
VERY LlTILE/LlTILE/A LlTILE: uncountable
There was a Iittle soup lejt.
VERY FEW/FEW/A FEW: countable
I have a few coins in my pocket.
ZERO QUANTITY
ANY: negative verb
There aren't any books in the library.
NO: affirmative verb
There are no books in the library.