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Quantifiers
 

All or none

 

    All (of) the people are here.
    Not all (of) the people are here.
    All (of) the people are not here.
    None of the people are here.
    Not any of the people is here.     		100% are here.
    Less than 100%
    Not well defined. Could be “not all” or “none”
    0% Focus on "people" (are)
    0% Focus on "each" individual (is)

Some, Most, Many, Several, Few, A Few, A lot of

 

    Some (of the) people are here.
    Some (of the) people are not here.
    Most of the people are here.
    Most of the people are not here.
    Many (of the) people are here.
    Many (of the) people are not here
    Not many (of the) people are here.
    Several (of the) people are here
    A few (of the) people are here.
    Few (of the) people are here.
    A lot of (the) people are here.
    A lot of (the) people are not here.
    Not a lot of (the) people are here.
    Three (of the) people are here.
    Three (of the) people are not here.
    Half of the people are here.
    Half of the people are not here.
    		 Focus: positive
    Focus: negative
    Focus: positive
    (uncommon)
    Focus: positive
    (uncommon)
    Focus: negative. More people were expected.
    Focus: positive
    Focus: positive. At least some are here.
    Focus: negative. More people were expected.
    Focus: positive
    Focus: negative
    Focus: negative. More people were expected.
    Focus: positive
    Focus: negative
    Focus: positive 50% are here.
    Focus: negative 50% are absent.

Both, neither, one

 

    Both (of the) people are here.
    One of the people is here.
    One of the people is not here
    Neither of the people is here.
    Neither of the people are here.
    		 100% are here.
    Focus: positive
    Focus: negative
    Focus: negative
    Focus: 100% are absent. (Very informal)

In questions

 

    Are all of the people here?



    Are most of the people here?
    Are any of the people here?
    		 Yes, all of them are.
    Some of them are. Most of them are.
    No, none of them are. No, not many of them are.
    No, only some of them are.

    Yes, some of them are. Yes, most of them are.
    No, none of them are.

Answers may differ depending on the questions:

    Is anyone here? Yes, I am.
    (X) No, Jim isn’t here.

    Even if only one person is here, the answer is positive.
    (One person can answer for the whole group.)

    The answer can be negative only if 0% are here.
    For 1-100%, the answer is positive.

     

    Is everyone here? (X) Yes, I am.
    Yes, we (all) are

    No, Jim isn’t here.
    If even one person is not here, the answer is negative.
    (One person cannot independently speak for the group.)

    The answer can be positive only if 100% are here.
    For 0-99%, the answer is negative.

    Other possibilities:

      Everyone but/except Bill is here.
      Most of us are here.
      Almost all of us are here.

Count/Non-count equivalents

All
Some
A lot of
Many


Few
A little
None
 All
Some
A lot of
Much


Little
A few
None
 All the people are here.
Some people are here.
A lot of people are here.
Many people are here.


Few people are here.
A few people are here.
None of the people are here.
All the sugar is gone.
Some of the sugar is gone.
A lot of sugar is gone.
Much of the sugar is gone.
Is there much sugar left?
There isn’t much left.
There’s little sugar left.
There’s a little sugar left.
None of the sugar is left.