一、修饰可数名词的常用修饰语有these, those, few, a few, many, a good [great] many, a great [good] number of 等：
Few people would agree with this. 很少人会同意这种看法。
He has a great many friends here. 他在这儿有很多朋友。
注：a good [great] many 后直接跟名词，不用介词of。但是，若其后所接名词有the, these, my 等
限定词修饰，则要用介词of：a great many of my friends 我的朋友当中的许多人
二、修饰
不可数名词的常用修饰语有this, that, little, a little, a bit of, much, a great deal of, a large amount of 等。
I have little time to do it. 我没什么时间来做此事。
He didn’t give me much money. 他没给我很多钱。
A great deal of money is spent on research. 研究工作上花了许多钱。
注：在现代英语中，a great amount of 后有时也接可数名词，但有许多语法学家反对，学生最好避免使用。