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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…
'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'
Plenty of entspricht viel bzw. viele im Sinne von reichlich, jede Menge.Folgt kein Substantiv, verwendet man einfach plenty.
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