英語中表達數目和數量的方法有哪些

英語中表達數目和數量的特別方法

不可數名詞沒有表示複數的.-s標誌，因此前面不可有數目字，只可以有數量詞。例如我們可以説①， 不可以説②：

①There is not much furniture in the office.

②There are not many furnitures in the office.

這是不是説不可數名詞就不可數呢？不然。相反的，不可數名詞也是可數的，主要方法是借重單位詞（unit word），如：

a piece of, a cup of, a drop of, a lump of, a handful of, a flash of, a blade of, a head of, a bar of, an ear of等。

如果數目是超過一，就以確實數目取代一。例如：

two pieces of, three cups of 和 five lumps of 等。

現在試試把上述這類單位詞和適當的不可數名詞連用。

① Mr Li has just bought a piece of new furniture.

② Give me a cup of cold water, please.

③ Please put two lumps of sugar in my coffee.

④ The boy picked up two handfuls of sand from the beach.

⑤ We saw a flash of lightning in the sky.

⑥ The gardener pulled out blades of wild grass from the garden.

⑦ She gave bars of chocolate to the visiting children.