large number of / large numbers of差别

Question

哪个对？如果两个都对，它们分别的用法是什么？

Answer 1

例子：

1）Tests are hard to solve for a large number of users.

2）Tests are hard to solve for large numbers of users.

第二个例子代表的意思是“普遍上或大致上”的用户。第一个例子暗示着“特定”的用户。

参考：

https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/244789/a-large-number-of-large-numbers-of-whats-the-difference

Answer 2

the number of意为“……的数量”，后接复数名词，所构成的短语作主语时，谓语动词常用单数形式，因为该短语中的number是中心词。例如：The number of the motorbikes in our town is increasing. (我们镇上摩托车的数量在增加。)a number of意为“大量的，许多”，number前可用large修饰，of后接复数名词，亦可写成large numbers of, 所构成的短语作主语时，谓语动词常用复数形式，因该短语中的名词是中心词。例如: A number of young trees were planted on the hills around our village last year. (去年我们村四周的山上栽了很多小树。)a large/great number of(= many) 后显然加可数名词(这样理解：既然已经用了"number"当然接可数名词啦^_^

a great deal of（= much) + 不可数名词

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