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'A bit of', 'a drop of', 'a spot of', 'a little'
A bit of (= ein bisschen, etwas) – bei Flüssigkeiten auch a drop of oder a spot of – sowie a little werden bei nicht zählbaren Wörtern gebraucht. A bit of klingt dabei etwas umgang…
'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…
'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 few', 'a little', 'a bit of', 'a drop of', 'a spot of'; 'a bit'; 'few' und 'little'; 'fewer' und 'less'
Für das deutsche viel(e) gibt es eine Reihe englischer Entsprechungen, die nachfolgend erläutert werden.
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