a great many 与 a great many of 的用法区别:
1、a great many 与 a great many of 的用法区别,可以简化为 many 与 many of 的用法区别。
many既是限定词,用于修饰名词,也是不定代词,代替名词。在many farmers中,many是限定词;在many of短语中many是代词。通常情况下代词后接of...时,of后应该用特指的名词或代词。
例如 some students, some of the students;either side 与 either of the sides;much money 与 much of the money,以及 many soldiers 与 many of their soldiers 等。(当然,也有少量代词用法特殊的,比如 both (of) his daughters 中的 of 可有可无,这与 both 这个限定词的定位有关,在此不拟多谈。)
2、因为many of修饰名词时,是代词,而many修饰名词时是限定词,这样也造成了一些用法区别。可以说many of his friends,但不说many his friends,因为many是后位限定词,his是中位限定词,his须置于many之前。所以须将词序改为his many friends才合适。