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being, nitty-gritty, quiddity

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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.
'All', 'all of'; 'both', 'both of'; 'most', 'most of'; 'no', 'none 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 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'
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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