2.199 with plural nouns
Many quantifiers can only be used in front of plural noun groups.
- I am sure both of you agree with me.
- Start by looking through their papers for either of the two documents mentioned below.
- Few of these organizations survive for long.
- Several of his best books about space flight.
- I would like to ask you a couple of questions.
- The report contained large numbers of inaccuracies.
Here is a list of quantifiers only used with plural noun groups:
- another of, both of, certain of, each of, either of, few of, fewer of, many of, neither of, numbers of, one of, several of, various of, --- , a couple of, a few of, a good many of, a great many of, a number of
For more information about 'each of' see paragraphs 2.203 to 2.204, about 'fewer of' see paragraph 2.206, and about 'a number of' see paragraphs 2.208 to 2.209.
Note that 'neither of' is used in a similar way to 'either of' when you are talking about two things in negative clauses. This is explained in paragraph 4.75.