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Introduction

What kinds of films do you like? Neil and Beth talk about film genres and grammar guru Georgie explains the quantifiers, 'both', 'every', 'all', 'most', 'all' and 'any'.

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Grammar explanation

all + plural or uncountable nouns
Use 'all' with plural or uncountable nouns.

I like all science fiction films.
I love all comedy.

To refer to a specified group of things, you can use 'all of the'.

I love all of the films that she made.
I like all of the rom-coms that I've seen.

every + singular nouns

Use 'every' with singular nouns

I like every actor in that film.

both + two nouns
We can use 'both' with two nouns. It is optional so it can be used for emphasis.

I like both comedies and thrillers.

most + noun
We can use 'most' to talk about the majority of something. When we are talking about something more specific we can use 'most of'.

I like most action films.
I like most of the films that are on at the cinema at the moment.

any + noun
We can use 'any + noun' after negative forms of verbs, as well as with questions.

I don't like any period dramas
Do you love any film genres in particular?

no + noun
We can use 'no' after positive forms of verbs for a negative meaning.

I like no rom-coms.

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