Quantity determinatives

Item	Class (CGEL)	Example	Other Uses
a couple of	Existential / complex determinative + of	A couple of students were absent.	couple as noun
a few	Existential (complex determinative)	A few questions were raised.	few as pronoun/noun
a great many	Scalar / proportional determinative	A great many people attended the conference.	many as pronoun/noun
a handful of	Existential / complex determinative + of	A handful of students volunteered.	handful as noun
a number of	Complex determinative + of	A number of issues were discussed.	number as noun
all	Universal determinative	All students passed.	all as pronoun/adverb
almost all	Universal / proportional (approximation)	Almost all students passed.	all as pronoun/adverb
any	Non-assertive existential determinative	Any solution will do.	any as pronoun/adverb
both	Proportional determinative	Both candidates agreed.	both as pronoun
each	Universal distributive determinative	Each member voted.	each as pronoun
every	Universal distributive determinative	Every child smiled.	every rarely used as noun (poetic)
few	Scalar determinative (count plural)	Few opportunities remain.	few as pronoun/noun
fewer	Comparative scalar determinative (count plural)	Fewer mistakes were made.	—
half	Fractional determinative	Half the class left early.	half as noun/adverb
many	Scalar determinative (count plural)	Many people complained.	many as pronoun/noun
most	Superlative scalar / proportional determinative	Most students agreed. (context-dependent; can be quantifier with count NP)	most as pronoun/adverb
nearly all	Universal / proportional (approximation)	Nearly all members supported the plan.	all as pronoun/adverb
neither	Proportional / negative determinative	Neither option works.	neither as pronoun
no	Negative determinative	No objections were raised.	no as determiner/pronoun/interjection
none (of)	Negative determinative (partitive/fused-head)	None of the answers was correct.	none as pronoun
not many	Negative / scalar determinative	Not many students attended.	many as pronoun/noun
one	Cardinal determinative	One student was absent.	one as pronoun/noun
plenty of	Existential / proportional determinative	Plenty of people attended the festival.	plenty as noun
several	Existential determinative	Several issues remain.	several as pronoun
some	Existential determinative	Some students objected.	some as pronoun
too few	Negative / scalar determinative	Too few opportunities remain.	few as pronoun/noun
twenty	Cardinal determinative	Twenty people attended.	twenty as noun
two	Cardinal determinative	Two errors were found.	two as noun