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Could you distinguish these for me: A great number of/ A large number of/ A number of + N plural I wonder if they are the same or not? :lol: Home Forums What'snew Members Login Register What'snew Search Newposts Searchforums Help Rules Menu Login Register Installtheapp Install Forums LearningEnglish AskaTeacher Youareusinganoutofdatebrowser.Itmaynotdisplaythisorotherwebsitescorrectly.Youshouldupgradeoruseanalternativebrowser. Agreatnumberof,Alargenumberof,Anumberof Threadstarter SonHo Startdate Jun11,2016 S SonHo Member Joined Mar22,2016 MemberType StudentorLearner NativeLanguage Vietnamese HomeCountry Vietnam CurrentLocation Vietnam Couldyoudistinguishtheseforme:Agreatnumberof/Alargenumberof/Anumberof+Nplural Iwonderiftheyarethesameornot? :lol:   Sortbydate Sortbyvotes R Rover_KE Moderator Staffmember Joined Jun20,2010 MemberType RetiredEnglishTeacher NativeLanguage English HomeCountry England CurrentLocation England Pleasewritetwoorthreesentencesofyourownandwewillcommentonthem.   Upvote 0 Downvote S SonHo Member Joined Mar22,2016 MemberType StudentorLearner NativeLanguage Vietnamese HomeCountry Vietnam CurrentLocation Vietnam 1.AnumberofpeoplestudyEnglishnowadays. 2.AlargenumberofschoolsopeninOctober. Becauseiseldomsee"Agreatnumberof"insteadof"A(large)numberof",Iwouldliketoaskifthreeofthemhavethesamemeaningornot.   Lastedited:Jun12,2016 Upvote 0 Downvote CharlieBernstein VIPMember Joined Jan28,2009 MemberType Other NativeLanguage English HomeCountry UnitedStates CurrentLocation UnitedStates SonHosaid: Couldyoudistinguishtheseforme?:Agreatnumberof/Alargenumberof/Anumberof+pluralnoun Iwonderiftheyarethesame. Clicktoexpand... Theymeanthesamething: -alotof -many -quiteafew Allareinterchangeable.Nonehasaspecificnumberassociatedwithit. Theadjectiveslargeandgreataddemphasisbutdon'tchangethemeaning.   Upvote 0 Downvote Youmustloginorregistertoreplyhere. Share: Facebook Twitter Reddit Pinterest Tumblr WhatsApp Email Share Link Forums LearningEnglish AskaTeacher ThisforumisdesignedsothatlearnerscanaskquestionstoteachersabouttheEnglishlanguage. PostTitles Threadtitlesshouldincludeallorpartoftheword/phrasebeingdiscussed.(Avoidphraseslike"HELP!","Urgent!","translationplease","howdoIsaythis","I'mnew"andsimilarexpressions.) AboutReplyingtoPosts: YouarewelcometoanswerquestionspostedintheAskaTeacherforumaslongasyoursuggestions,help,andadvicereflectagoodunderstandingoftheEnglishlanguage.Ifyouarenotateacher,youwillneedtostatethatclearlyinyourpost.Pleasenote,allpostsaremoderatedbyourin-houselanguageexperts,somakesureyoursuggestions,help,andadviceprovidethekindofinformationaninternationallanguageteacherwouldoffer.Ifnot,andyourpostsdonotcontributetothetopicinapositiveway,theywillbesubjecttodeletion. Homework: Pleasedon'taskustodoorcorrectyourhomework;thisisaplacetodiscusslanguage. Top