Lots, a lot, plenty

We use lots, a lot and plenty in informal styles to talk about quantities, amounts and degree. Lots and a lot are similar in meaning to much and many. Plenty means ‘enough’ or ‘more than enough’. Lots is even more informal than a lot:

Lots, a lot, plenty with a noun

When we use lots, a lot or plenty with a noun, we need of:

I’ve got lots of plans for today.

There’ll be a lot of your friends there.

There’s no need to rush. We’ve got plenty of time.

Not: We’ve got plenty time.

Lots, a lot, plenty without a noun

We usually leave out the noun after a lot, lots and plenty when the noun is obvious. When there is no following noun, we don’t use of:

A:

I haven’t got any money

B:

Don’t worry, I’ve gotplenty. (plenty of money)

She didn’t bring anything to eat but we’ve got lots anyway.

Not: … but we’ve got lots of anyway.

Formal styles: a great deal of, a good deal of, a large number

We prefer to use expressions like a great deal of (+ singular uncountable nouns) or a large number of (+ plural nouns) in more formal styles:

There’s a great deal of truth in what he said.

From here, a large number of roads led back to various parts of the city.

See also:

Much, many, a lot of, lots of: quantifiers

• woven fabric
• woven-fabric
• wovens
• wow
• wowed
• wow factor
• wow-factor
• wowing
• wows
• wowser
• wowsers
• wp
• wp
• wpc
• wpi
• wpm
• wpms
• wrac
• wrack
• wracked
• wracking
• wrackings
• wracks
• wraf
• wraith
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• 滚竹筒
• 滚肘
• 滚蹚刀
• 滚身
• 滚钻争裹
• 满开弓，急放箭
• 满意门拳术
• 满手拳
• 满把
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