Quantifiers: much, many, a lot of, (a) few, (a) little, most    We can use much of/ most of/ a lot of / little of + proper nouns without the: I haven't seen a lot of Sarah lately. I don't think much of London.   With common nouns we use of with the, my, your, etc., and this, that, etc.: Much of my time is spent driving between jobs. Far too much of the north is underdeveloped.   With few after very and quite, we use a/an in different positions: Quite a ...