| |
Here are some more special quantifiers that are used
with
specific countable nouns. The quantifiers
shown here are
for
specific things
and
geographical terms. |
| |
quantifier |
|
used with |
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a
bale
of _____ |
|
hay
(dried grass
gathered
together and tied to make
a long cube; it's used as
food for horses,
cattle, etc.) |
| |
a
batch of _____ |
|
cookies,
cupcakes (or
other
things prepared together as
a group) |
| |
a
bed
of _____ |
|
flowers |
| |
a
belt of _____ |
|
asteroids |
| |
a
chain of _____ |
|
islands |
| |
a
clutch of _____ |
|
eggs
( = a nest full of
eggs) |
| |
a
deck
of _____ |
|
cards
(all of the
cards
in a box) |
| |
an
ear of _____ |
|
corn
(the long,
removable
part of a corn plant to which
the pieces of corn are attached) |
| |
a
grove of _____ |
|
trees
( = a number of
trees
which are growing close
together in one place) |
| |
a
hand of _____ |
|
cards
(the number
of
cards that you hold in
your hand during a
particular
card game) |
| |
a
head
of _____ |
|
cabbage,
lettuce,
cauliflower, broccoli |
| |
a
patch of
_____ |
|
weeds
(unwanted plants--
for example, grass in
a bed of flowers)
|
| |
a
quiver of _____ |
|
arrows
(many arrows
kept
together in a kind of bag) |
| |
a sheaf of
_____
(plural: sheaves)
|
|
wheat
(many
stems of
wheat that have been cut
and gathered together) |
