Quantity determinatives

Item	Class (CGEL)	Example
one	Cardinal determinative	One student was absent.
two	Cardinal determinative	Two errors were found.
twenty	Cardinal determinative	Twenty people attended.
both	Proportional determinative	Both candidates agreed.
either	Proportional determinative	Either answer is acceptable.
neither	Proportional / negative determinative	Neither option works.
half	Fractional determinative	Half the class left early.
some	Existential determinative	Some students objected.
any	Non-assertive existential determinative	Any solution will do.
several	Existential determinative	Several issues remain.
a few	Existential (complex determinative)	A few questions were raised.
all	Universal determinative	All students passed.
every	Universal distributive determinative	Every child smiled.
each	Universal distributive determinative	Each member voted.
no	Negative determinative	No objections were raised.
none (of)	Negative determinative (partitive/fused-head)	None of the answers was correct.
many	Scalar determinative (count plural)	Many people complained.
few	Scalar determinative (count plural)	Few opportunities remain.
fewer	Comparative scalar determinative (count plural)	Fewer mistakes were made.
a number of	Complex determinative + of	A number of issues were discussed.
most*	Superlative scalar / proportional determinative	Most students agreed. (*context-dependent; can be quantifier with count NP)