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We use SOME in

• positive (affirmative) sentences with plural countable and uncountable nouns; polite requests with would/could

• negative sentences with singular and plural nouns; sentences with IF

• questions with plural countable and uncountable nouns

We use ANY in

• positive (affirmative) sentences with countable and uncountable nouns

• questions and negative sentences with plural countable and uncountable nouns; sentences with IF

• polite requests (questions) with would/could

We us MANY with

• uncountable nouns mostly in negative sentences and questions

• countable nouns mostly in negative sentences and questions

• plural countable nouns mostly in negative sentences and questions

• uncountable nouns in positive (affirmative) sentences

We use MUCH with

• countable nouns in positive (affirmative) sentences

• uncountable nouns in negative sentences and questions

• uncountable and countable nouns in questions

• countable nouns in negative sentences and questions

We use A LITTLE with

• countable nouns with a meaning "almost nothing"

• uncountable nouns with a meaning "a small amount", "some"

• uncountable nouns with a meaning "almost nothing"

We use LITTLE with

• countable nouns with a meaning "a small amount"

• uncountable nouns with a meaning "almost nothing", "not much"

• countable nouns with a meaning "almost nothing", "not much"

We use A FEW with

• countable nouns with a meaning "some", "a small amount"

• uncountable nouns meaning "some", "a small amount"

• countable nouns with a meaning "not many", "not enough"

We use FEW

• with uncountable nouns with a meaning "some, a small amount"

• with countable nouns with a meaning "some, a small amount"

• with countable nouns with a meaning "not many, not enough"

We use BOTH with

• singualar countable nouns to make a negative statement about two things/people

• plural nouns reffering to two things/people together

• plural nouns to make a negative statement about two things/people

We use EITHER with

• singular countable nouns to talk about two options

• plural nouns reffering to two people/things together

• countable nouns to make a negative statement about two people/things