“许多”表达何其多在英文中，将这些表示“许多，很多”的词组按其用法归类：一、只能修饰名词复数形式 many、 a great/good many 、a great/large number of 、scores of、dozens of 和 quite a few ,这类“许多”修饰作主语的名词时，谓语动词用复数eg Im quite busy; I have many things to doThere are a great/good many English books in our school library.A great number of my friends have been to the Great Wall.Scores/Dozens of people were killed in the accident.(许多人在这次事故中丧生）I have made quit a few good friends,too.温馨提示：1）many 作代词，表示“许多人，许多”的意思 eg Many of them have watched the TV play.2) a great/good many 做代词，表示“许多人（东西）” eg A great many of us like American English better than British English.(我们中的许多人喜欢美语胜过英国英语）3）the number of + n （可数名词复数）表示.的数目”,用它做主语时，谓语用单数eg The number of the students in our class is 55.二、只能修饰不可数名词的“许多” much、 a great / good deal of 和 a large amount of ，这类“许多”修饰主语名词时候，谓语用单数eg I dont know they gave us much help.There is a great/good deal of snow on the ground.(地上有许多雪）I spend a large amount of money on books every month.（我每月要花很多钱买书）温馨提示：1）much 单用，做名词表示“许多，大量” eg Much has been said about it .(关于这种事已经说的很多了）2）a great deal 做名词词组和副词词组，也表示“大量，许多”/ 还可以修饰比较级，表示程度。eg At the end of the year there was a great deal to do .(年底有很多事情做）eg They talked a great deal about the problem.(他们对这个问题谈论了许多）eg He is a great deal better today （他今天好多了）（修饰比较级，表示程度）三、既可以修饰可数名词复数，又可以修饰不可数名词 a lot of 、lots of 、plenty of 、supplies of ，a great/quantity of 、great/large quantities ofeg he has got a lot/lots of questions to ask.A lot of / lots of work is to be done this week.There are plenty of books on the shelf.I have plenty of time to do itSuppies of trees were washed away.We have had a large quantity of /large quantities of rain this summer. Lare quantities of fish have been caught recently.(最近捕了大量的鱼）温馨提示：1）a lot 名词词组表示“大量，很多”/做副词词组表示“很多，非常，相当”/做程度状语修饰比较急eg I have a lot to do today. (很多事 名词）eg he helped me a lot （副词 很多）eg I like this picture quite a lot (副词 非常）eg Im feeling a lot better now (程度状语修饰比较级） 我现在感觉好多了2）large quantities of + 不可数名词/可数名词复数 ，谓语用复数eg Large quantities of water are needed every day. (修饰不可数 n）There are quantities of flowers in garden.（修饰可数 n 复数）四、many a /an + 单数可数名词 也表示许多，这个短语作主语时谓语用单数eg Many a girl in our class has learned to swimMany a book was translated into English.(许多书被翻译为英语）