Noun before quantifier
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paulmallick
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Noun before quantifier
'I have improved my English a little.' I don't know this sentence is grammatically correct but I don't understand why the quantifier comes after the noun. I hope someone can explain the rule to me please. Thanks
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Joe
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Re: Noun before quantifier
I presume that by quantifier you mean "little". Yet "a little" here serves as an adverb modifying the verb improve.
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