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This article delves into the topic of how certain words such as «some», «several», «few (a few)», «little (a little)», «many», «much» and «all» can be used to express specific quantities. The background of the research deals with the fact that by analyzing the lexical and semantic group of these words, it becomes apparent that some of them can be combined with numerals such as «two», «three», or «four» to express a specific number. However, it is important to note that not all these words can be used this way. The grammatical contexts in which these quantifiers operate, their suitability for both countable and uncountable nouns, and the semantic subtleties they express in various syntactic structures are the main topics of the study. By examining current English usage and corpus data, the essay highlights instances of ambiguity and meaning overlap while identifying patterns of variability and distributional constraints. The interaction of quantity, definiteness, and focus is given particular attention. The results help us better understand the mechanisms behind English quantification and could guide future semantic and syntactic research as well as pedagogical approaches for teaching English as a second language. The differences in compatibility between different words within this group can have significant implications for their interpretation and usage in language. Throughout the study, distributive analysis, transformational analysis, and component analysis methodologies were particularly applied as language analysis tools. The study’s findings indicate that most quantifiers are far less able to be paired with techniques that obfuscate quantitative properties than numbers. The authors conclude that not all quantifiers in the group can be linked with numbers similarly.