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'All', 'all of'; 'both', 'both of'; 'most', 'most of'; 'no', 'none 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…
'A lot of', 'lots of'
Außer bei several (= mehrere)ist bei Ausdrücken, die eine unbestimmte Menge im Englischen wiedergeben, der Gebrauch von of Pflicht.
'Several', 'dozens / hundreds / … of', 'a couple of', 'a number of' und 'the majority of'
Für das deutsche viel(e) gibt es eine Reihe englischer Entsprechungen, die nachfolgend erläutert werden.
'A lot of', 'lots of', 'plenty', 'plenty of', 'much' und 'many'
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…
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