There's a lot going on in my mind. This describes thoughts as events that are happening somewhere, as if the mind is a physical place. You could swap the word "mind" for "head" and this would still sound idiomatic. Your second example does not sound correct because it mixes that idea that with the idiom that something is "on your mind". If you ...

2020年2月18日 · The dictionary definition says quite is the utmost, meaning quite a lot > a lot. However, Billy's and rj's observations also apply to AmE. However, Billy's and rj's observations also apply to AmE. In my experience the use of quite is entirely contextual and can be used to express a greater, lesser, or equal amount of emphasis on the noun's ...

2024年12月16日 · @OA As I said in my answer, "a bit" is the exception, not the other way around. It's used as a softener. "A lot" doesn't work that way. As quantifiers, they are antonyms - you can have "a bit of water" or "a lot of water". I suppose that, over time, we've taken "a bit" and used it for another purpose. –

If they want to get really detailed, a lot means a specific amount--lot being the amount. Say pen boxes come in sets, or lots, of 10. If you have a lot, you have 10. To me, I have lots of pens means you have some amount of pens that is great in amount. I think, however, people use these statements equally.

2019年6月21日 · "There is a lot of" and "There are a lot of" are both legitimate terms, depending on whether the noun is countable or not. For example: There are a lot of cars. ("cars" is countable) There is a lot of sugar. ("sugar" is not countable) In your example, animals are countable, therefore the sentence should read. There are a lot of animals. or

2016年7月10日 · A lot is how you describe or define the batch, or a portion of the batch, after it has been made for traceability purposes or down-stream processing purposes. For example: For example: "The batch of tablets was designated as lot 1, and lot 1 was packaged into 30-count bottles designated as lot 1-A. Lot 1 was also packaged into unit dose blister ...

2016年5月3日 · Quite + a lot /a bit + comparatives. We often use quite a lot and quite a bit with a comparative adjective or adverb to mean ‘much’: We went to Italy when I was quite a bit younger. (Can we use quite a lot or quite a few here without changing the meaning of the sentence?) The new truck is quite a lot heavier than the old model.

2014年7月1日 · Thanks a lot is the ordinary use in conversation, or bare thanks! Many thanks is more frequent in writing, particularly in formal writing. Thanks much is unusual. Here's a Google NGram. Keep in mind that the underlying corpus here is printed works, so the more formal phrase is significantly overrepresented.

A lot of, lots of with a noun. We use a lot of and lots of in informal styles. Lots of is more informal than a lot of. A lot of and lots of can both be used with plural countable nouns and with singular uncountable nouns for affirmatives, negatives, and questions: We’ve got lots of things to do. That’s a lot of money. There weren’t a lot ...

Using "a lot of" or "lots of" is sort of personal preference. In most cases the 2 are interchangeable. There is a lot of ice on the road, so drive carefully! Also, there's lots of snow! We still have a lot of work to do - lots of separate tasks to complete. I found a lot of sand in my right shoe, and lots more in places I didn't know existed.