Quantity Vs. Quantities?

Start with this sentence: ▫ Buy vegetables in small quantities, for your immediate use. You buy a small quantity of carrots, ... Login TeachersStudentsForumsNewsBlogCommonLinks QuantityVs.Quantities?ForumsGrammar&SentenceStructure 1 11,625+0 Thesentencesbelowisthosewithquantityorquantities.TheproblemisI'mnotsureaboutthepatternofusageofquantityorquantities.Inthesesentences,twowith'quantities'hadpluralcontext,suchas'vegetables'and'dustandcarbondioxide.'Butthesentencewith'oil'doesn'thaveanypluralcontext.Canyouadvisemeabouttheword'quantity'spattern,ordoesitjusthaveanirregularpattern,anarbitrarywayofusage?▪Thepolicealsofoundaquantityofammunitionintheflat.▪Add50gramsofbutter,andthesamequantityofsugar.▪Hehadconsumedalargequantityofalcohol.▪Thesheerquantityoftextmeantthatpeopledidnotreadthewholeoftheirnewspaper.▪It'salotcheaperifyoubuyitinquantity.▪Hugequantitiesofoilwerespillingintothesea.▪Buyvegetablesinsmallquantities,foryourimmediateuse.▪Thetheoryhastodowiththeaccumulationofdustandcarbondioxidethatmoderntechnologypoursintotheatmosphereingreatquantities.Jun13201205:50:50Stenka25   answer +1 Startwiththissentence:▪Buyvegetablesinsmallquantities,foryourimmediateuse.Youbuyasmallquantityofcarrots,asmallquantityofonions,andasmallquantityofpotatoes.Youboughtsmallquantitiesofvegetables.▪Thetheoryhastodowiththeaccumulationofdustandcarbondioxidethatmoderntechnologypoursintotheatmosphereingreatquantities.Agreatquantityofdustfromcertaintypesofmanufacturing,andagreatquantityofcarbondioxidefromchemicalmanufacturing.Hence,greatquantitiesofthesetwopollutants.▪Hehadconsumedalargequantityofalcohol.Hemayhavebeendrinkingforhours,butbytheendofthisonedrinkingsession,altogetherhehadconsumedalargequantity.Canyouseethedifferencebetweenthepluralandsingularuseof'quantity'?Jun13201206:55:16Terryxpress addacomment Comments   Students:Wehavefreeaudiopronunciationexercises.Thanksforyourdetaileddescription,Terryxpress.ButI'mafraidthatyouranswerstilldoesn'thaveanycommentonthesentence,"Hugequantitiesofoilwerespillingintothesea."Jun13201209:08:25Stenka25 addacomment YouhavetakenyoursentencesfromLongman'sDictionarry,orfromoneoftheother93sitesthatquotethesesentences.Thetroubleis,thissentencehasnocontext:isitfromaship,orfromanoil-drillingplatformthathas'blown'?Thereisnoinformationinthesentencetoexplainwhytheauthorused'quantities'.WhatIdonoteisthatthePastProgressiveisused,referringtothisloss/theselossesoveraperiodoftime.Istheauthorofthissentencereferringtoa'quantityeachday'sothatafterafewdays,'largequantitieswerespilling'.Ifoundthissentence:Largequantitiesofheavyoilwereseeninpatchesontheseasurfaceoffthecoastof...Here,theauthormeansthateachpatchrepresentedalargequantityofoil,sothatwithallthedifferentpatches,largequantitieswerefloatingontheseasurface.Jun13201213:03:07Terryxpress addacomment Thanksalot,Terryxpress.Youopenedmyeyes.Jun13201222:21:19Stenka25 addacomment Students:Areyoubraveenoughtoletourtutorsanalyseyourpronunciation?Ifoundthisintheoxforddictionary."aproductthatischeaptoproduceinlargequantity."May31201509:52:56anonymous addacomment AnswerthisQuestion  AskaQuestion GuidesHowtoachievenativeenglishfluency10waysimprovelearningenglishTop10learnenglishapps2020guideLearnenglishasasecondlanguageHowtostudyenglishgrammar12ways