| 28.8.1 Besonderheiten: Bejahende Sätze und Umgangssprache |
Im vorigen Abschnitt haben wir festgestellt, dass much und many vorwiegend in verneinenden Sätzen und in Fragesätzen zu finden sind. Ist in einem affirmativen Satz eine große, wenn auch unbestimmte Menge zu beschreiben, stehen mehrere Ausdrücke zur Verfügung. Einige dieser Ausdrücke, wenn auch hochfrequent, sind eher umgangssprachlich.
| Übersicht | ||
| formelle Form | Singular (Menge) | Plural (Anzahl) |
| a great deal of a good deal of |
a good many a great many |
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| a small amount of a large quantity of |
a great number of a good number of a large number of |
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| Umgangssprache | ||
| a lot of lots of plenty of |
a lot of lots of plenty of |
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Das Verb ist hierbei anzupassen. Ist von mehreren die Rede, so muss das Verb auch in der Mehrzahl verwendet werden. Relevant ist das allerdings nur bei den wenigen Formen,die sich unterscheiden, also dritte Singular, da hat das Verb en s und beim Verb to be.
| Beispiele | |
| I found a great deal of sand in my kitchen; I do not understand how it got there. |  |
| She has a great many children to feed. | |
| There is a good deal of work to do, before we are ready for the presentation. | |
| There are a great many open questions to answer. | |
| A small amount of food was left for him. | |
| A great number of mistakes were to be found in the first version. | |
| In the sea, there is a large quantity of water. |
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| In the lake, there are a good number of fish. |
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| A large number of photos were taken. |
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| A lot of time has passed. |
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| A lot of fans wait outside. |
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| Lots of milk went sour last week. |
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| Lots of apples can be found in our garden. |
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| There is plenty of air in the room; still I cannot breath. |
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