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TRI DUC ENGLISH ✦ ACADEMIC EDGE
UNIT 7 EDITION
Key Quantifying
Expressions
Number and amount · Comparisons · Formality — Precision in academic data description
📊 A & B. Number, Amount, and Nouns relating to quantity
Quantifying expressions are important in academic English as it is often necessary to comment on figures or trends.
- Learners of English often choose the wrong noun relating to quantity.
- For example, you say a great (not large) deal (informal) or a large/great amount of an uncountable noun such as money, interest or influence.
- However, you say a large number of a plural noun such as articles, books or words.
- Both a number and an amount can be described as small, considerable, substantial, significant, enormous, total, surprising, excessive [too much/many], fair [quite a lot] and reasonable [acceptable].
Example in context:
The size of our survey was relatively small-scale. We sent out 2,500 questionnaires in total (in all). Although a couple (two or three, a few) of people did not respond, the bulk (the majority) of those sent questionnaires have completed them. The survey shows that, as a whole (considered as a group rather than individually), the population is becoming more aware of the importance of recycling. Only one of our respondents (notice how respondents is in the plural; it is a common error to write a singular noun after one of) said that he recycled less than he used to.
The size of our survey was relatively small-scale. We sent out 2,500 questionnaires in total (in all). Although a couple (two or three, a few) of people did not respond, the bulk (the majority) of those sent questionnaires have completed them. The survey shows that, as a whole (considered as a group rather than individually), the population is becoming more aware of the importance of recycling. Only one of our respondents (notice how respondents is in the plural; it is a common error to write a singular noun after one of) said that he recycled less than he used to.
⚖️ C. Comparing numbers and quantities
| Expression | Example | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| exceeding | Results exceeding 5 cm were eliminated from the survey. | (formal) means higher than |
| in excess of | People who drive in excess of the speed limit will be fined. | means over, used mainly in official or legal writing |
| fewer and fewer / less and less |
Fewer and fewer people are staying in the same job throughout their lives. Young people are becoming less and less interested in politics. | a steadily declining/decreasing number of, decreasingly |
| more and more | There is more and more interest in the topic. People are becoming more and more aware of the environment. | a steadily increasing amount of increasingly |
| more or less | The experiment was more or less a success. | (slightly informal) means mostly or approximately |
| no fewer than | No fewer than 200 people responded. | used to suggest the number was unexpectedly large |
❌ Warning: Lưu ý sự khác nhau đáng kể giữa few và a few và giữa little và a little.
Few [không nhiều] people enjoy X's music. A few [một vài] people enjoy it. We had little [không nhiều] response to our survey. We had a little [một vài] response to our survey. Nói khác, few/little có giọng tiêu cực hơn so với a few/a little.
Few [không nhiều] people enjoy X's music. A few [một vài] people enjoy it. We had little [không nhiều] response to our survey. We had a little [một vài] response to our survey. Nói khác, few/little có giọng tiêu cực hơn so với a few/a little.
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