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It is not correct English to say 'a plenty of'. When using the word 'plenty' you do not use an article, however you can say as an example, ... Forums Dictionarysearch:  English-Spanish English-French English-Italian English-German English-Dutch English-Russian English-Portuguese English-Polish English-Romanian English-Swedish English-Czech English-Greek English-Turkish English-Chinese English-Japanese English-Korean English-Arabic Spanish-English French-English Italian-English German-English Dutch-English Russian-English Portuguese-English Polish-English Romanian-English Swedish-English Czech-English Greek-English Turkish-English Chinese-English Japanese-English Korean-English Arabic-English Spanish-French Spanish-Portuguese Spanish-Catalan French-Spanish Portuguese-Spanish Englishdefinition Englishsynonyms Englishcollocations Englishusage Italiandefinition Spanishdefinition Spanishsynonyms Catalandefinition Spanish French Italian Login Register What'snew Search Rules/Help/FAQ Members InterfaceLanguage Menu Login Register Installtheapp Install Forums Spanish-English/Español-Inglés Spanish-EnglishGrammar/GramáticaEspañol-Inglés Youareusinganoutofdatebrowser.Itmaynotdisplaythisorotherwebsitescorrectly.Youshouldupgradeoruseanalternativebrowser. aplentyof[plentyof] Threadstarter ByF7 Startdate Feb12,2008 B ByF7 Member Andalucía,Spain Spain WhencanIusethisexpression?Isitthesamethat'alotof'or'lotsof'? Thanksinadvance.   Lasteditedbyamoderator:Nov29,2014 A Anathulia Member TrinidadandTobago TrinidadandTobago-english ItisnotcorrectEnglishtosay'aplentyof'.Whenusingtheword'plenty'youdonotuseanarticle,howeveryoucansayasanexample,'thereisplentyofnoise'.Inthisexamplethewordplentyisusedtorepresent'alotof'or'lotsof'.Youcannotsay'thereisaplentyofnoise'.   Lasteditedbyamoderator:Nov29,2014 B ByF7 Member Andalucía,Spain Spain But'alotof','lotsof',and'plentyof',youcanusethemwhenyouwant?Whichismoreinformal?   Lasteditedbyamoderator:Nov29,2014 turi MemberEmeritus EnunlugardeCatalunya Catalánycastellano. Takeyourpick,theyallare   M morningangel Member honduras-spanish Well,sometimesIsayIhaveplentyoftime,orIhaveplentyofsomething.   Lasteditedbyamoderator:Nov29,2014 C Clarísima SeniorMember Oregon,USA USAEnglish PlentytambiénseusacomoSUFICIENTE. Ejemplo: ShouldIbuymoretoiletpaper?No,Ihaveplenty.   B ByF7 Member Andalucía,Spain Spain No,Ihaveplenty=No,Ihaveenough?   Lasteditedbyamoderator:Nov29,2014 C Clarísima SeniorMember Oregon,USA USAEnglish Exactamente!   tetulio5 SeniorMember Madrid Spanish-España Hi, Doweuse"Plentyof"uncontablesnounsfor?Forexample: "Wecanuseplentyofmilkandcheese"butifwesay"Wemightbuymany/alotof/afewbottlesofmilkandplenty/alittle/abit/alotofofcheese" Isitok? cheers   donbeto SeniorMember Vancouver(Canada) Eng(Canada) tetulio5said: Hi, Doweuse"Plentyof"uncontablesnounsfor?Forexample: "Wecanuseplentyofmilkandcheese"butifwesay"Wemightbuymany/alotof/afewbottlesofmilkandplenty/alittle/abit/alotofofcheese" Isitok? cheers Clicktoexpand... Enresumen: Many/afewbottlesofmilk.Tambiénalotofmilk,pero"alotofbottlesofmilk"suenararo."Lotsofmilk"tambiénsirve. "Plentyof"/"alittle"/"abit"/"alotof"cheese.También"alittlebitofcheese"y"lotsofcheese". "Lotsof"esonpoquitomásinformalque"alotof". "Awholelotof"esalgomásenfatico. Notaque"alot"esdospalabras.Muybien.Muchagentelaescribeerróneamentecomounapalabra. Alfin,apropósito,"quiteabit"esiguala"quitealot".Suenararo,peroescierto.   TheNewt SeniorMember USA/EEUU English-US donbetosaid: [...]Tambiénalotofmilk,pero"alotofbottlesofmilk"suenararo."Lotsofmilk"tambiénsirve.[...] Clicktoexpand... IagreebutI'mnotsurethere'sageneralrulethere."Alotofpeople/alotofaccidents/alotofdogs"etc.allsoundfine.Maybe"alotofbottlesofmilk"soundsoddbecause"alotofmilk"isjustsimpler.   bwuw SeniorMember Spanish(Spain)andCatalan Hi, Howaboutusing"plenty"without"of"?Likethis: Apartywithplentyfood. Shouldwealwaysuse"plentyof"? Thanks, B   F Forero SeniorMember Maumelle,Arkansas,USA USAEnglish bwuwsaid: Hi, Howaboutusing"plenty"without"of"?Likethis: Apartywithplentyfood. Shouldwealwaysuse"plentyof"? Thanks, B Clicktoexpand... Plentyfuncionacomosustantivo(significa"unacantidadsuficiente").Existetambiénlapalabraaplentyquesignifica"encantidadsuficiente[s]":apartywithfoodaplenty. Creoque"plentyfood"sedice,peroactualmentenovaleencontextosformales.   tetulio5 SeniorMember Madrid Spanish-España donbetosaid: Enresumen: Many/afewbottlesofmilk.Tambiénalotofmilk,pero"alotofbottlesofmilk"suenararo."Lotsofmilk"tambiénsirve. "Plentyof"/"alittle"/"abit"/"alotof"cheese.También"alittlebitofcheese"y"lotsofcheese". "Lotsof"esonpoquitomásinformalque"alotof". "Awholelotof"esalgomásenfatico. Notaque"alot"esdospalabras.Muybien.Muchagentelaescribeerróneamentecomounapalabra. Alfin,apropósito,"quiteabit"esiguala"quitealot".Suenararo,peroescierto. Clicktoexpand... "Alittlebitofcheese"noloheestudiado.Mesonaríararísimasutraducción"Aunpoquitopocodequeso",¿seríaalgoasícomo"Unpoquitoountrozito....""Quiteabite"or"Quitealot";nopodríadistinguirladiferencia(hablandoentérminosdecantidades)entreesasdosy"abitof"and"alotof".¿Cómoseríaladiferenciaentre"quiteabit"y"abitof"? Thanksinadvance   M marslain NewMember Spanish-Spain Hi: Whatwouldamoreformalalternativeto"plentyof"? Thanks   TheNewt SeniorMember USA/EEUU English-US marslainsaid: Hi: Whatwouldamoreformalalternativeto"plentyof"? Thanks Clicktoexpand... Itdependsonthesentence,but"anabundanceof"isoneoption.   Youmustloginorregistertoreplyhere. Share: Facebook Twitter Reddit WhatsApp Email Share Link Forums Spanish-English/Español-Inglés Spanish-EnglishGrammar/GramáticaEspañol-Inglés Top