[爆卦]a lot of可數是什麼?優點缺點精華區懶人包

為什麼這篇a lot of可數鄉民發文收入到精華區:因為在a lot of可數這個討論話題中,有許多相關的文章在討論,這篇最有參考價值!作者scju (QQ)看板Eng-Class標題[文法] a lot of接單數可數名詞?時間Fri...


大家好,請教一下

There is not much difference between 'a lot of' and 'lots of': they are both
used mainly before singular uncountable and plural nouns, and before pronouns.

(Practical English Usage 3rd edition Point333.2)

PEU說a lot of後接單數不可數名詞、複數名詞、複數代名詞
(pronouns應該指是這個意思吧?)
(更新:我現在覺得pronouns應該是指各種代名詞,而非複數代名詞)

但我看到以下的句子:

A lot of the play is very funny.

'You'll find that everybody will try and help their colleague.' — 'Yeah.
There's a lot of that.'

https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/lot


A lot of it is just memorization.

https://youtu.be/CFdl1oC1vtQ?t=144
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這裡的'the play', 'that'(我覺得應該用those,表示很多那樣的行為),
'it'(我覺得應該用複數的they,表示很多動詞都這樣)不都是單數可數名詞嗎?

為何前面能用a lot of呢?

請教各位,謝謝。
(本篇有貼在外國英語論壇,到時也會把那邊的回覆會張貼過來)

(更新)
a. 'the play'確實是單數、可數名詞。

b. 'that'如果指try and help的「行為」的話,後來我看麥克米倫詞典的解釋:
'Behaviour' is usually an uncountable noun, so it is rarely used in the plural.

The plural form ‘behaviours’ is a specialized term used in fields such as
psychology, social science, and education. This use is much less common than
the uncountable use.

所以這裡確實是不可數沒錯。

c. 'it'應該是指前面的the tricky part。

網友Tarheel說:
"a lot of the play" means "a large portion of the play" Similarly, "a lot of
our land" means "a large portion of the land".
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所以 a lot of 確實可以接單數可數名詞,表示那個名詞的「很大一部分」?
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※ 編輯: scju (111.251.46.106), 10/20/2017 22:13:42
kaifrankwind: just listen to him and pick it up, Like A Native 10/20 22:59
kaifrankwind: Speaker 10/20 23:00
kee32: Gosh, how can you be so stubborn? 10/21 01:48
K大您好,因為這種用法和以前學校老師所教、PEU所寫的均不同,
我想多聽聽看各方意見。也許過程有些繁瑣,如讓您不耐,還請海涵。
stu60912: PEU不是都說used "mainly" before... 了嗎?所以本來就 10/21 05:36
stu60912: 不是used "always" before 10/21 05:36
sunny1991225: 你理解a lot of the play的方式錯了 10/21 12:28
sunny1991225: 底下母語者的回答是對的。a lot of不見得是在說有很 10/21 12:30
sunny1991225: 多某某事物,也可以被用來指單一事物中的一大部分( 10/21 12:30
sunny1991225: 尤其當那個對象是可以被分割的時候 10/21 12:30
sunny1991225: (按比例切,不是按數量,不然後面的verb agreement 10/21 12:41
sunny1991225: 會出問題 10/21 12:41
感謝,大致理解了!
※ 編輯: scju (111.251.46.106), 10/21/2017 16:43:42
kee32: 我沒有不耐,只是覺得你這樣學習太累了,但是,這很難改的 10/21 23:34
kee32: 我懂,就像我改不掉愛管閒事。 10/21 23:34
EVASUKA: 你知道There's a lot of後面也可以接可數名詞嗎? 10/22 03:36
EVASUKA: 比a lot of 可數開頭這個我覺得更沒邏輯,但大家都習慣了 10/22 03:37
EVASUKA: A lot of可以解釋成sunny大說的「一大部分」,there's a 10/22 03:38
EVASUKA: lot of往往就是指稱複數。外國老師說大家就講慣了 10/22 03:39
感謝您!
※ 編輯: scju (1.160.80.16), 10/27/2017 00:03:56

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