Partitives express a part of a whole. They also enable us to quantify uncountable nouns: two rices two bags of rice. None of the adults, some of the boys, all of the girls, both of the brothers, neither of the sisters, etc. (See also quantifiers) A box of chocolates, a carton of milk, a can of soda, a bottle of Scotch, a jar of peanut butter, a tub of ice cream, a cup of coffee, a piece of cheesec
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