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'Several', 'dozens / hundreds / … of', 'a couple of', 'a number of' und 'the majority of'
Außer bei several (= mehrere)ist bei Ausdrücken, die eine unbestimmte Menge im Englischen wiedergeben, der Gebrauch von of Pflicht.
'A lot of', 'lots of'
A lot of bzw. (etwas umgangssprachlicher) lots of werden verwendet: • in positiven Aussagesätzen • in verneinten Sätzen • in Fragesätzen • nicht dagegen nach very, so, that, too, a…
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