Intermediate 📐 Grammar · #136 of 305

Quantifiers with Of

a lot of, plenty of, none of, most of.

Examples

  • Most of the students passed.

Key rules

  • Use of before the, this, my, them: some of the students
  • Without a determiner no of: some students
  • All/both/half can drop of: all the students
  • Use one of + plural noun

Common mistakes

  • Many of students came → Many of the students came
  • One of my friend → One of my friends
💡 Tip: Add of when there is a determiner or pronoun.
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