NET) you may want to check once a year, as their creators often introduce new features. In fact, for some regex engines (such as Perl, PCRE, Java and. For a full reference to the particular regex flavors you'll be using, it's always best to go straight to the source. First, every regex flavor is different, and I didn't want to crowd the page with overly exotic syntax. The tables are not exhaustive, for two reasons. I encourage you to print the tables so you have a cheat sheet on your desk for quick reference.

(It you want a bookmark, here's a direct link to the regex reference tables). While reading the rest of the site, when in doubt, you can always come back and look here. ‘How much money is there? ’ ‘ None./There's no money.The tables below are a reference to basic regex. ’ We often use no in sentences with there is/there are. ‘How much meat do you eat? ’ ‘ None./I do n't eat any meat. We use None in a short answer, but we use not any in a full sentence. ’ Lots of and a lot of mean the same, but lots of is more informal. ’ ‘ How much money have you got? ’ ‘I have n't got any money. ‘ How many shops are there? ’ ‘There are quite a lot of shops. ’ Or we can answer with a full sentence, using a quantifier + noun. ’ ‘ How much homework do you have? ’ ‘ A little./None. ‘ How many shops are there? ’ ‘ A few./Quite a lot./ A lot. How much money do you need? How much cheese do you eat? We can answer with a short answer. How many books has she got? How many cars are there? We use How much with uncountable nouns. We use How much/How many to ask about quantities of things or people.

) We can also use a lot of/lots of in negative sentences with countable or uncountable nouns. In negative sentences, we use many with countable nouns, and much with uncountable nouns. We use quite a lot of to talk about a medium quantity. In positive sentences, we use a lot of/lots of with countable or uncountable nouns to talk about a big quantity of something. Uncountable How much cheese do you eat? A lot./Lots. Countable How many potatoes are there? A lot./Lots. Countable Uncountable + I have a lot of/lots of books. ’ ‘ How much money do you have? ’ ‘ None.

’ ‘ How many potatoes are there? ’ ‘ Not many. ‘ How much rice do you eat? ’ ‘ Quite a lot. Quantifiers: much/many/a lot of I have a lot of books in my bag.

Quantifiers worksheet