Choose the correct determiner: ‘There are ___ apples left; we need to buy more.’
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'Few' with a plural countable noun emphasizes an insufficient number.
The need to buy more confirms this negative meaning.
Practice ECAT questions with answers and explanations.
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'Few' with a plural countable noun emphasizes an insufficient number.
The need to buy more confirms this negative meaning.
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'A little' means some amount of an uncountable noun in a positive sense.
The sentence indicates that enough time is available.
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'Neither' refers to not one and not the other of two items.
'None' is more commonly used for more than two.
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'Students' is a plural countable noun.
'Several' correctly indicates an unspecified number greater than two.
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'Money' is an uncountable noun.
'Much' is used in questions with uncountable nouns.
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'Books' is a plural countable noun.
'Many' is used to ask about the number of countable items.
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'Water' is uncountable, so the comparative quantifier is 'less.'
'Fewer' is used with plural countable nouns.
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'Mistakes' is a plural countable noun.
The comparative quantifier 'fewer' is therefore correct.
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'Every' is followed by a singular countable noun.
It refers individually to all members of the group.
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Before a noun phrase with 'the,' the normal order is 'both the books.'
'Both of' would require a pronoun or 'the' before the noun.
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'Both' refers to the two brothers together and agrees with the plural verb.
The sentence states that the two share the same profession.
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'Either' means one or the other of two choices.
It is the correct determiner for a free choice between two items.