determiner + noun phrase (increasing range) – English Grammar Profiler

Here’s a student example of a determiner + uncountable noun:

My teacher told me “enjoy the music and you will dance naturally.”

PELIC Taiwanese female level 3 writing class

A2 point 18 in the category of NOUNS is defined:

form simple noun phrases by pre-modifying nouns with an increasing range of determiners.

A2 point 24 in the category of NOUNS:

form simple noun phrases with a limited range of determiners + uncountable nouns.

The English Grammar Profile examples for point 24 include a combination of:

(the|more|some) + (food|music|information|weather)

*Note that these points overlap A2 quantifier + possessive (determiners) + of-phrase.

We have used the English Grammar Profile examples to draw out what ‘increasing range’ might mean. In the first search we have used ‘so’ and ‘too’ which commonly premodify the determiners as were found in the EGP.

A search in iWeb for:

too|so much|many _NN

1 SO MANY PEOPLE 96105 2 SO MUCH FUN 51051 3 TOO MUCH TIME 39565 4 SO MANY THINGS 39094 5 SO MUCH TIME 32315 6 SO MANY TIMES 29999

7 TOO MANY PEOPLE 29665

8 SO MANY WAYS 27333

There are so many ways to reach happiness and everyone has their own way.

PELIC student: Korean female level 4 writing.

9 SO MANY YEARS 23776 10 TOO MANY TIMES 14542 11 SO MUCH MONEY 13915 12 SO MANY OTHERS 13447 13 TOO MUCH MONEY 12901 14 SO MANY OPTIONS 12040 15 TOO MUCH TROUBLE 10270 16 TOO MUCH WORK 9680 17 TOO MUCH PRESSURE 8394

18 TOO MUCH INFORMATION 8108

19 TOO MUCH WATER 7879 20 SO MANY QUESTIONS 7508 21 TOO MANY THINGS 7464

22 SO MUCH INFORMATION 7132

23 SO MANY REASONS 5722 24 TOO MUCH ATTENTION 5713 25 TOO MUCH POWER 5665 26 SO MUCH PAIN 5629 27 SO MANY LEVELS 5619 28 TOO MUCH WEIGHT 5280 29 TOO MUCH SPACE 5247 30 SO MANY WOMEN 4915 31 SO MANY PLACES 4847 32 SO MUCH WORK 4796 33 TOO MUCH EFFORT 4615 34 TOO MUCH DETAIL 4594 35 SO MUCH ATTENTION 4533 36 SO MUCH TROUBLE 4465 37 TOO MUCH FUN 4404 38 TOO MUCH SUGAR 4347 39 SO MUCH LOVE 4319 40 SO MUCH ENERGY 4285 41 SO MANY COMPLIMENTS 4205 42 SO MANY CHOICES 4110 43 SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES 4025 44 SO MUCH POTENTIAL 3816 45 SO MANY VARIABLES 3718 46 SO MANY PROBLEMS 3610 47 TOO MANY VARIABLES 3587 48 SO MUCH STUFF 3468 49 TOO MUCH EMPHASIS 3447 50 SO MANY FACTORS 3424 51 SO MANY HOURS 3417 52 SO MUCH SENSE 3411 53 SO MUCH EFFORT 3407 54 TOO MUCH STRESS 3395 55 SO MUCH JOY 3214 56 SO MANY POSSIBILITIES 3184 57 TOO MUCH HEAT 3145 58 SO MUCH POWER 3111 59 TOO MANY QUESTIONS 3111 60 TOO MUCH ALCOHOL 3056 61 TOO MUCH STUFF 2986 62 SO MUCH PRESSURE 2951 63 TOO MANY YEARS 2915 64 SO MANY COMPANIES 2911 65 SO MANY IDEAS 2890 66 TOO MUCH DAMAGE 2768 67 SO MANY BENEFITS 2717 68 SO MANY STORIES 2664 69 SO MANY WORDS 2659 70 TOO MANY OPTIONS 2612 71 SO MANY CHILDREN 2610 72 TOO MUCH SALT 2566 73 SO MUCH SPACE 2544 74 SO MANY MEMORIES 2517 75 SO MANY LIVES 2504 76 SO MANY FRIENDS 2503 77 SO MANY STUDENTS 2500 78 TOO MUCH NOISE 2485 79 TOO MUCH FOOD 2450 80 SO MANY PLAYERS 2427 81 TOO MUCH ENERGY 2418 82 TOO MANY PROBLEMS 2401 83 SO MANY GAMES 2334 84 SO MANY MEN 2283 85 SO MANY ASPECTS 2258 86 SO MANY KIDS 2256 87 TOO MUCH CREDIT 2225 88 TOO MUCH ROOM 2223 89 SO MANY ISSUES 2193 90 SO MANY AREAS 2184 91 TOO MUCH OIL 2138 92 TOO MUCH SUN 2080 93 SO MUCH WEIGHT 2073 94 SO MUCH HISTORY 1998 95 SO MANY PRODUCTS 1957 96 SO MUCH ROOM 1919 97 SO MANY USES 1910 98 SO MANY FAMILIES 1895 99 SO MUCH WATER 1871

100 SO MANY FEATURES 1868

a lot of _NN

1 A LOT OF PEOPLE 254737 2 A LOT OF TIME 161559 3 A LOT OF MONEY 96300 4 A LOT OF WORK 72964 5 A LOT OF THINGS 66692 6 A LOT OF FUN 62595

7 A LOT OF TIMES 23708

8 A LOT OF INFORMATION 21466

We can find a lot of information about black holes.

TLC SPEAKING TEST STUDENT: female India B2

9 A LOT OF QUESTIONS 20879 10 A LOT OF SENSE 20546 11 A LOT OF ATTENTION 19863 12 A LOT OF STUFF 19257 13 A LOT OF EFFORT 16560 14 A LOT OF RESEARCH 15570 15 A LOT OF PRESSURE 14070

16 A LOT OF WAYS 14066

17 A LOT OF ENERGY 13368 18 A LOT OF WATER 13284 19 A LOT OF EXPERIENCE 12967 20 A LOT OF TROUBLE 12256 21 A LOT OF SPACE 11790 22 A LOT OF ROOM 11199 23 A LOT OF GUYS 10973 24 A LOT OF PROBLEMS 10473 25 A LOT OF WEIGHT 10150 26 A LOT OF DAMAGE 10079 27 A LOT OF OPTIONS 9431 28 A LOT OF THOUGHT 8771 29 A LOT OF POWER 8760 30 A LOT OF INTEREST 8538 31 A LOT OF TALK 8429 32 A LOT OF PAIN 8413 33 A LOT OF FOLKS 8412 34 A LOT OF DATA 8039 35 A LOT OF STRESS 7607 36 A LOT OF PLAYERS 7528 37 A LOT OF WOMEN 7498 38 A LOT OF POTENTIAL 7280 39 A LOT OF PLACES 7018 40 A LOT OF NOISE 6893 41 A LOT OF COMPANIES 6698 42 A LOT OF SUPPORT 6267

43 A LOT OF REASONS 6250

44 A LOT OF CHANGES 6231 45 A LOT OF FRIENDS 6191 46 A LOT OF GAMES 6170 47 A LOT OF FEATURES 6117 48 A LOT OF VALUE 5987 49 A LOT OF LOVE 5829 50 A LOT OF RESPECT 5688 51 A LOT OF GROUND 5546 52 A LOT OF KIDS 5540 53 A LOT OF CONFIDENCE 5504 54 A LOT OF HELP 5471 55 A LOT OF TRAFFIC 5318 56 A LOT OF CONFUSION 5214 57 A LOT OF ISSUES 5213 58 A LOT OF SUCCESS 5178 59 A LOT OF CASES 4996 60 A LOT OF HEAT 4954 61 A LOT OF FACTORS 4698 62 A LOT OF FOOD 4695 63 A LOT OF CREDIT 4592 64 A LOT OF PRACTICE 4555 65 A LOT OF DISCUSSION 4438 66 A LOT OF FANS 4335 67 A LOT OF PATIENCE 4326 68 A LOT OF USE 4274 69 A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES 4177 70 A LOT OF RESOURCES 3945 71 A LOT OF DETAIL 3929 72 A LOT OF FLEXIBILITY 3848 73 A LOT OF CASH 3768 74 A LOT OF COMPETITION 3601 75 A LOT OF STUDENTS 3599 76 A LOT OF MEN 3501 77 A LOT OF IDEAS 3431 78 A LOT OF BUSINESS 3428 79 A LOT OF CONTENT 3380 80 A LOT OF BOOKS 3334 81 A LOT OF HISTORY 3282 82 A LOT OF BENEFITS 3220 83 A LOT OF MATERIAL 3137 84 A LOT OF TALENT 3129 85 A LOT OF USERS 3030 86 A LOT OF INFO 3016 87 A LOT OF TEAMS 2991 88 A LOT OF PRIDE 2954 89 A LOT OF YEARS 2940 90 A LOT OF PROGRESS 2933 91 A LOT OF KNOWLEDGE 2922 92 A LOT OF DIFFERENCE 2907 93 A LOT OF BLOOD 2842 94 A LOT OF EXCITEMENT 2812 95 A LOT OF MISTAKES 2801 96 A LOT OF HYPE 2771 97 A LOT OF MUSIC 2714 98 A LOT OF CUSTOMERS 2677 99 A LOT OF POINTS 2649

100 A LOT OF LIGHT 2601

All|some|both|half of _AT _NN

1 SOME OF THE THINGS 34111 2 SOME OF THE WORLD 32364 3 ALL OF THE TIME 23993

4 ALL OF THE INFORMATION 18245

5 SOME OF THE WORLDS 14649 6 SOME OF THE PEOPLE 13502 7 HALF OF THE YEAR 11929 8 ALL OF THE THINGS 10158 9 HALF OF THE SEASON 10061

10 SOME OF THE WAYS 9839

11 SOME OF THE FEATURES 9651

12 SOME OF THE ISSUES 9562

13 SOME OF THE REASONS 9068

You can see some of the reasons why I’m optimistic.

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*This example is hidden under more complex grammar.

14 ALL OF THE PEOPLE 8820 15 SOME OF THE QUESTIONS 8649 16 SOME OF THE BENEFITS 8438 17 ALL OF THE DATA 7671 18 ALL OF THE INGREDIENTS 7518 19 SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS 7270 20 SOME OF THE TIME 7214 21 SOME OF THE PROBLEMS 6972 22 ALL OF THE FEATURES 6885 23 ALL OF THE DETAILS 6596

24 SOME OF THE INFORMATION 6472

25 SOME OF THE STUFF 6297 26 SOME OF THE OTHERS 6280 27 SOME OF THE CHALLENGES 6278 28 SOME OF THE ITEMS 6170 29 ALL OF THE WORK 6046 30 ALL OF THE ITEMS 5883 31 SOME OF THE COUNTRY 5725 32 SOME OF THE COMMENTS 5475 33 SOME OF THE WORK 5415 34 SOME OF THE CITY 4991 35 ALL OF THE BENEFITS 4812 36 SOME OF THE CHANGES 4622 37 SOME OF THE DETAILS 4439 38 SOME OF THE IDEAS 4379 39 ALL OF THE PRODUCTS 4143 40 ALL OF THE OPTIONS 4042 41 SOME OF THE MONEY 3988 42 SOME OF THE SYMPTOMS 3964 43 ALL OF THE ELEMENTS 3927 44 SOME OF THE FACTORS 3926 45 SOME OF THE AREAS 3876 46 ALL OF THE MONEY 3823 47 SOME OF THE GUYS 3757 48 ALL OF THE FILES 3732 49 ALL OF THE TOOLS 3663 50 SOME OF THE PLAYERS 3651 51 ALL OF THE PIECES 3647 52 SOME OF THE PRODUCTS 3456 53 SOME OF THE OPTIONS 3445 54 SOME OF THE NATION 3425 55 ALL OF THE CONTENT 3408 56 ALL OF THE PARTS 3369 57 ALL OF THE QUESTIONS 3345 58 SOME OF THE CHARACTERS 3289 59 ALL OF THE STUDENTS 3267 60 ALL OF THE REQUIREMENTS 3239 61 ALL OF THE COMPONENTS 3225 62 SOME OF THE TOOLS 3210 63 SOME OF THE STORIES 3183 64 SOME OF THE TOPICS 3109 65 SOME OF THE SONGS 3090 66 HALF OF THE TIME 2994 67 ALL OF THE CHARACTERS 2954 68 SOME OF THE BASICS 2942 69 SOME OF THE DATA 2937 70 HALF OF THE WORLD 2905 71 SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES 2881 72 SOME OF THE PHOTOS 2753 73 SOME OF THE IMAGES 2705 74 SOME OF THE GAMES 2672 75 SOME OF THE PRESSURE 2670 76 SOME OF THE ONES 2665 77 SOME OF THE ADVANTAGES 2639 78 SOME OF THE STUDENTS 2593 79 SOME OF THE MEN 2592 80 SOME OF THE PLACES 2585 81 SOME OF THE NAMES 2570 82 ALL OF THE STEPS 2565 83 ALL OF THE CHILDREN 2550 84 SOME OF THE WOMEN 2540 85 ALL OF THE CHANGES 2534 86 ALL OF THE STAFF 2533 87 SOME OF THE WORDS 2532 88 SOME OF THE RESULTS 2530 89 SOME OF THE WATER 2498 90 ALL OF THE IMAGES 2440 91 SOME OF THE DIFFERENCES 2436 92 ALL OF THE OTHERS 2409 93 HALF OF THE COUNTRY 2395 94 ALL OF THE PROBLEMS 2389 95 HALF OF THE GAME 2378 96 ALL OF THE WORLD 2377 97 SOME OF THE EVENTS 2374 98 SOME OF THE COSTS 2359 99 HALF OF THE POPULATION 2357

100 SOME OF THE PIECES 2323

A2 nouns:

activities, alcohol, areas, blood, cases, cash, companies, competition, costs, customers, detail, details, difference, differences, fans, files, guys, history, ideas, information, levels, memories, mistakes, oil, pain, pieces, points, practice, reasons, songs, space, staff, stories, teams,
traffic, ways