Question

a great number of和a great many of的区别

Answer 1

a great number of和a great many of的区别：
a great many 跟a great number of可以通用没有太大的区别。
a great number of后面直接加复数可数名词；
a great many of 后面跟限定语再跟名词；

a great many of
许多;
例句：A great many of them are out of work.
他们很多人失业了。

a great number of
多数的; 千; 老鼻子;
例句：It affords a livelihood to a great number of people.
这给许多人提供了生计。

辨析：
英语中有许多词语可用来表示“许多”:
( 1)修饰可数名词复数形式的有 many, a good/great many, quite a few, a large
(或great)/small number of等，其后的谓语动词用复数形式。如：
①A great/good many words and expressions have come into the language
from American English. 美国英语中的许多单词和短语进入了这门语言。
②Many have come to visit the old temple. 许多人来是为了看看古庙。
③Quite a few people didn't understand this. Very few would accept it.
有许多人不明白这一点。很少有人愿意接受。
④A great/small number of new factories have been set up in my hometown.
我们家乡建立了许多新的工厂。
▲many和few, a few在句中可作定语、主语，但不能作表语。如只能说I have many/few books, 而不能说 My
books are many/few.
▲very many相当于a great/good many, 在程度上比many要强。
▲a number of修饰主语时，谓语动词用复数形式，the number of…作主语时，谓语动词用单数。如：
⑤A number of students have done the work well. 许多学生作业做得很好。
⑥The number of the students in our school has risen this year.
今年我们学校学生的数量上升了。
句⑤的 A number of作定语修饰主语 students。句⑥的介语短语 of the students in our
school作定语，修饰前面的主语 the number, 表示特指，students 前的冠词the不能省。
(2)修饰不可数名词的有much, a great deal of, quite a little, an amount
of等。其后的谓语动词用单数形式。如：
①He has spent much/quite a little/a great deal of/a large amount of
money on his new house. 他在新房子上花费了许多钱。
②Much/A great deal/Quite a little has been done to stop the noise.
已采取了许多措施来制止污染。
▲much, a great deal和 many一样，可作定语或主语，而不能作表语，我们一般说 He has much/a great
deal of money, 而不说 His money is much(或a great deal)。
▲a great deal后面不接名词时，不能用介词of。
(3)既能修饰可数名词，又能修饰不可数名词的有 a lot of, lots of, plenty of, a great quantity of等，谓语动词根据主语是可数或不可数决定单复数形式。如：
①There are a lot of/lots of people in that room. 那个房间里有许多人。
②There's a lot of/lots of rice in the bag. 那只口袋里有许多大米。
③They don't have plenty of(=enough)rooms to live in/food to eat.
他们没有足够的房间住/没有足够的食品吃。

Answer 2

a great number of和a great many of的区别：

1、a great number of后面直接加复数可数名词；

2、a great many of 后面跟限定语再跟名词；

3、[意思]   a great many of    许多;    

例句：A great many of them are out of work.他们很多人失业了。

[意思] a great number of    多数的，以千计算的

例句：It affords a livelihood to a great number of people.这给多数人提供了生计。

4、a great number of：多数的，许多；大量的。修饰可数名词复数。表示很多，相当于plenty 

of、a lotof修饰可数名词的时候。强调量多。

a great many of： 大量；很多； 许多； 许许多多。修饰可数名词表示量多，直接用a 

great  many 即可；而a great many of表示什么里面的很大部分，它很大程度表示的是比例

大。相当于a large partof。

Answer 3

a great number of +可数名词复数，与 a great many 同义,意思都是“许多，大量”。

a great many of +代词宾格或限定词+名词复数，意思是“……中的许多"。

如：

1.There’re a number of students reading English in the classroom. 

  = There're a great many students reading Engilsh in the classroom. 

   教室里有很多学生在读英语。

2.A great many of the students are girls .

   这些学生中许多是女孩。

拓展（英语中的“许多”）：

1. many =a number of+可数名词复数。

2. lots of = a lot of =plenty of +可数名词复数/不可数名词。

3. much +不可数名词。

4. a great deal of +不可数名词。

5. a large amount of+不可数名词。
   

如：

1). He has spent a large amount of money on his new house.

   =He has spent a great deal of money on his new house.

   =He has spent plenty of money on his new house.    

   =  He has spent much / lots of / a lot of  money on his new house.

   他在新房子上花费了许多钱。 

2).There are a lot of / lots of /plenty of people in that room. 

    =There are many  people in that room. 

    =There are a great number of   people in that room.   

    = There are a great many  people in that room. 

     那个房间里有许多人。

Answer 4

a great many 跟a great number of可以通用
主要跟你说下a great many 跟a great many of 的区别
a great many后面直接加复数可数名词
a great many of 后面跟限定语再跟名词
例如:
a great many students
a great many of "my" classmates
"a great number of和a great many of的区别" 跟"a great many 跟a great many of 的区别"接近
就是说
a great number of后面直接加复数可数名词
a great many of 后面跟限定语再跟名词

Answer 5

含义和用法不同。
　　a great number of：多数的，许多；大量的。修饰可数名词复数。表示很多，相当于plenty of、a lot
of修饰可数名词的时候。强调量多。
　　a great many of： 大量；很多； 许多； 许许多多。修饰可数名词表示量多，直接用a great
many 即可；而a great many of表示什么里面的很大部分，它很大程度表示的是比例大。相当于a large part
of。
　　例如：
　　A great number of water fowls dwell on the
island.
　　许多水鸟在岛上栖息。
　　It affords a livelihood to a great number of
people.
　　这给许多人提供了生计。
　　A great many people are often willing to sacrifice
higher pay for the privilege of becoming white collar
workers.
　　许多人常常宁愿牺牲比较高的工资以换取成为白领工人的社会地位。
　　A great many of them are
graduates of special training schools for
die-hards.
　　有很多的顽固分子，他们是顽固专门学校毕业的
　　Now a great many of them are out of
work .
　　现在他们当中许多人都失业了。
　　Total agricultural subsidies in 2009 were around
$16 billion, which would pay for a great many of the ideas that
follow.
　　在2009年全部的农业的补助金大约为160亿，这可以用于实施下面的想法。