The Quantitative Adjectives, Quantifiers "Large-Much-Many"

Aristolaos 2011, Posted 2014

Large (big, great)-Small (Singular Number)

Used with all countable (numerable) nouns and with a number of uncountable (measurable) (nouns denoting magnitude, literally or metaphorically). 

e.g. large – small town, big – small house / big patience, development, great love, energy, power, role, spirit 

Large (big, great)-Small (Plural Number) 

Used only with (all) countable nouns (of plural number, plurality) <span style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="border-style:none;padding:0in;"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">e.g. large - small towns, big – small houses <span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="border-style:none;padding:0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Much (a lot/large amount of) –A little <span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language: EN-US"> (Singular Number) <span style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="border-style:none;padding:0in;"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Used with collective nouns denoting multitude and a number of uncountable (measurable) nouns denoting magnitude, literally or metaphorically <span style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="border-style:none;padding:0in;"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">e.g. much crowd/much tea, sand / much patience, love, energy, motion, power (assuming that it is measured by <span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"> <span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US">measures and weights) <span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="border-style:none;padding:0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Many (a lot/large number of) – A few <span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language: EN-US">(Plural Number) <span style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="border-style:none;padding:0in;"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Used only with (all) countable nouns (of plural number, plurality) <span style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="border-style:none;padding:0in;"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">e.g. many/a few houses, trees, bees, children <span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;text-align:center;font-size:14px;">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="border-style:none;padding:0in;"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Large: Above average in size, number, quantity, magnitude or extent/ syn: big, /great, magnanimous, prominent, bombastic, extensive. <span style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">