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    French adverbs of quantity are used to describe how many or how much of something there is. Some common adverbs of quantity are beaucoup (a lot), peu (few), plus (more), and moins (less). These adverbs are often followed by "de" and a noun to indicate an amount or quantity. The noun does not take a definite article in this case. Exceptions include certain adverbs like la majorité (the majority) which are always followed by a definite article.

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    French adverbs of quantity are used to describe how many or how much of something there is. Some common adverbs of quantity are beaucoup (a lot), peu (few), plus (more), and moins (less). These adverbs are often followed by "de" and a noun to indicate an amount or quantity. The noun does not take a definite article in this case. Exceptions include certain adverbs like la majorité (the majority) which are always followed by a definite article.

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    French adverbs of quantity are used to describe how many or how much of something there is. Some common adverbs of quantity are beaucoup (a lot), peu (few), plus (more), and moins (less). These adverbs are often followed by "de" and a noun to indicate an amount or quantity. The noun does not take a definite article in this case. Exceptions include certain adverbs like la majorité (the majority) which are always followed by a definite article.

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    French adverbs of quantity are used to describe how many or how much of something there is. Some common adverbs of quantity are beaucoup (a lot), peu (few), plus (more), and moins (less). These adverbs are often followed by "de" and a noun to indicate an amount or quantity. The noun does not take a definite article in this case. Exceptions include certain adverbs like la majorité (the majority) which are always followed by a definite article.

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    French Adverbs of Quantity

    Adverbes de quantité
    French adverbs of quantity explain how many or how much.

    assez (de) quite, fairly, enough


    autant (de) as much, as many
    beaucoup (de) a lot, many
    bien de* quite a few
    combien (de) how many, much
    encore de* more
    la majorité de* the majority of
    la minorité de* the minority of
    moins (de) less, fewer
    un nombre de a number of
    pas mal de quite a few
    (un) peu (de) few, little, not very
    la plupart de* most
    plus (de) more
    une quantité de a lot of
    tant (de) so much, so many
    très very
    trop (de) too much, too many
    un/e verre/boîte/kilo/morceau de a glass/can/kg/bit of
    (more quantities)

    Adverbs of quantity (except très) are often followed by de + noun. When this happens, the noun
    usually does not have an article in front of it; i.e., de stands alone, with no definite article.*

    Il y a beaucoup de problèmes - There are a lot of problems.


    J'ai moins d'étudiants que Thierry - I have fewer students than Thierry.

    *This does not apply to the starred adverbs, which are always followed by the definite article.

    Exception: When the noun after de refers to specific people or things, the definite article is used
    and contracts with de just as the partitive article would. Compare the following sentences to the
    above examples to see what I mean by specific.

    Beaucoup des problèmes sont graves - A lot of the problems are serious. - We are
    referring to specific problems, not problems in general.
    Peu des étudiants de Thierry sont ici - Few of Thierry's students are here. - This is a
    specific group of students, not students in general.

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