"Os principais quantifiers da língua inglesa são: some, any, (a) little, (a) few, a bit of, many, much, a lot of, lots of."
Much X Little; A little (some) + mass nouns
Many X Few; A few (some) + count nouns no plural
a lot of =Much/Many
lots of =Much/Many
plenty of =Much/Many
A great deal of (= Much)
A large/great/good number of (= Many)
A: Do you have a lot of (lots of; plenty of) money?
B: No. Actually we have very little money.
A: What about friends?
B: Well, we have a few (= some) (friends).