Question

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate option.
Not ________ trees bore fruit.
A) Few
B) Many
C) Some
D) Two

Answer 1

Hint: A quantifier is a word that usually goes before a noun to express the quantity of the object. For example, a little milk. Quantifier is a type of determiner, such as all some, many, few, a lot and etc.

Complete step by step answer:
Quantifiers are followed by a noun, though it is also possible to use them without the noun when it is clear what we are referring to.
Option A) Few – is an incorrect answer because the use of word ‘few’ contradicts the meaning of the sentence given in the question. Thus, this option ruled out. Hence, this is an incorrect answer.
Option B) Many – is the correct answer because ‘many’ is used with plurals countable nouns and fits the blank appropriately. As ‘trees’ is a plural countable noun. Thus, this is the correct answer. “Not many trees bore fruit”- This sentence means that not every effort brings about a good result.
Option C) Some – is an incorrect answer because ‘some’ contradicts the meaning of the sentence given in the question. Thus, this option ruled out. Hence, this is an incorrect answer.
Option D) Two – is incorrect because the formation of the sentence is not appropriate in the sentence. Therefore, the formation of the sentence is meaningless. Thus, this is an incorrect answer.

So, the correct answer is “Option B”.

Note:
In this question plural countable nouns are used. A countable noun is a noun that can be counted such as books, houses, cats etc. A countable noun can be singular (a book) or plural (two books). However, in this question the word ‘trees’ is used in the sentence which is a plural countable noun. Thus, many is also used here because ‘many’ is used because many is used with plural countable nouns. This is the most appropriate answer as compared to any other option.