1. 形容詞的位置：

　　代名形容詞＋數(shù)量形容詞＋性狀形容詞＋名詞

　　再細分如下：

　　1放在冠詞前的形容詞(all, both, such...)＋2冠詞、指示形容詞、所有形容詞、不定形容詞(the, a, an, this, that, your, some, any...)＋3序數(shù)(first, second...)＋4基數(shù)(one, two...)＋5性質、狀態(tài)(kind, fine, good...)＋6大小、長短、形狀(large, small, big...)＋7新舊、溫度(old, new, hot...)＋8顏色(red, blue...)＋9國籍(Chinese, English, Japanese...)＋10材料(iron, brick, stone...)＋11名詞、動名詞(boy, house...)

　　2. some和any的用法：

　�。�1）兩者修飾可數(shù)單數(shù)名詞，表某一個；任何一個； 修飾可數(shù)復數(shù)名詞和不可數(shù)名詞，表一些；有些。

　　〔2）一般的用法：some用于肯定句；any用于疑問句，否定句或條件句。

　　I am looking for some matches.

　　Do you have any matches? I do not have any matches.

　　〔3）特殊的用法：

　　(A) 在期望對方肯定的回答時，問句也用some。

　　Will you lend me some money? (=Please lend me some money.)

　　(B) any表任何或任何一個時，也可用于肯定句。

　　Come any day you like.

　�。�4）some和any后沒有名詞時，當做代名詞， 此外兩者也可做副詞。

　　Some of them are my students.〔代名詞）

　　Is your mother any better?（副詞）

　　3. many和much的用法：

　　〔1）many修飾復數(shù)可數(shù)名詞，表許多； much修飾不可數(shù)名詞，表量或程度。

　　He has many friends, but few true ones.

　　There hasn't been much good weather recently.

　　（2）many a:

　　many a和many同義，但語氣比較強，并且要與單數(shù)名詞及單數(shù)形動詞連用。

　　Many a prisoner has been set free. (=Many prisoners have been set free.)

　　〔3〕as many和so many均等于the same number of。 前有as, like時, 只用so many。

　　These are not all the books I have. These are as many more upstairs.

　　They worked like so many ants.

　　（4）as much等于the same amount of, 表同量和同一事情。

　　He bought two pounds of sugar and as much tea. 〔同量）

　　I was not in the least surprised, for I had fully expected as much. 〔同一事情）

　　（5）many和much之后不接名詞時，作為代名詞；另外much也可用副詞。

　　Many of them were very tired.

　　I don't eat much for lunch. 〔代名詞）

　　He is much taller than I. （副詞〕

　　4. (a) few和(a) little的用法：

　　(1) (a) few用在復數(shù)可數(shù)名詞之前，(a) little用在不可數(shù)名詞之前。

　　He took a few biscuits. (=several)

　　He took few biscuits(=not many)

　　He took a little butter. (=some)

　　He took little butter. (=not much)

　　(2) few可由bardly any或almost no所取代，含否定的意味。

　　The composition is well written; it has few (=hardly any) mistakes.

　　Few (=Almost no) men can solve it.

　　(3) a few相當于some, several, 含肯定的意味。

　　He has a few (=some or several) friends.

　　(4) a little和little之間的差別，就和a few和few的差別一樣，只是(a) little須修飾不可數(shù)名詞，表量或程度。

　　He grows worse; there is little hope of his recovery.

　　He is not much better, but there is a little hope.

　　5. 其他的數(shù)量形容詞：

　　(1) plenty of, a lot of, lots of均表許多，修飾復數(shù)可數(shù)名詞或不可數(shù)名詞。

　　The room contained plenty of (or a lot of or lots of) students.（復數(shù)名詞）

　　The room contained plenty of (or a lot of or lots of) furniture.（不可數(shù)名詞）

　　(2) a great (or a good) deal of, a large (or a small) quantity of, a large (or a small) amount of, 均表（量）， 修飾不可數(shù)名詞。

　　The room contained a great deal of furniture. （不可數(shù)名詞）

　　The room contained a good deal of furniture. （不可數(shù)名詞）

　　The room contained a large quantity of furniture. （不可數(shù)名詞）

　　The room contained a large amount of furniture. （不可數(shù)名詞）

　　The room contained a small quantity of furniture. （不可數(shù)名詞）

　　The room contained a small amount of furniture. （不可數(shù)名詞）

　　(3) a number of "許多；一些"；a great (large, good) number of "許多"，修飾復數(shù)可數(shù)名詞，并且要與復數(shù)動詞連用。

　　A number of books are missing from the library.

　　The number of books from the library is large.

　�。╰he number of ＋復數(shù)名詞←→單數(shù)動詞）

　　The room contained a great (or large or good) number of students.（復數(shù)可數(shù)名詞）

　　(4) enough的用法：

　　(A) 可接復數(shù)可數(shù)名詞和不可數(shù)名詞。

　　There are enough chairs. （可數(shù)）

　　There is enough furniture. （不可數(shù)）

　　(B) 可放在年修飾名詞的前后。

　　We don't have enough time. =We don't have time enough.

　　(5) hundreds of, dozens of, thousands of, scores of ＋復數(shù)可數(shù)名詞

　　冠詞或數(shù)詞(one, two...) ＋ (hundred, dozen, thousand, score) 復數(shù)可數(shù)名詞

　　(6) the rest of "其余的"， 可接復數(shù)可數(shù)名詞及不可數(shù)名詞，作主詞時，接可數(shù)名詞則用復數(shù)動詞，接不可數(shù)名詞則用單數(shù)動詞。

　　The rest of the students are absent. （復數(shù)可數(shù)名詞）

　　The rest of the water was thrown away. 不可數(shù)名詞）

　　注：the rest作代名詞， 等于 the others， 和復數(shù)動詞連用。