have you ever counted how often you express the quantity of something many much or a lot of are heard in everyday speech and they are used very very often however they can be a little bit tricky to use Link portal online school presents quantifiers much many a lot of what are quantifiers they are words or phrases that usually goes before a noun to express the quantity we use the quantifiers much many a lot of lots of to talk about big quantities amounts and degrees we can use them as a determiner with a noun or as
a pronoun without a noun many is used with countable nouns much is used with uncountable nouns a lot of and lots of mean the same and can be used with both countable and uncountable nouns lots of is more informal just to remind you countable nouns can be counted for example two trees three books Etc uncountable nouns cannot be counted for example water sand Etc here are examples I have many friends friend is a countable noun how many much orange juice is there juice is an uncountable noun there are a lot of plums on the tree
Plum is accountable noun there is a lot of snow on the roof snow is an uncountable noun please note in affirmative Clauses we use many and much in more formal style while we prefer a lot of or lots of four informal style for example it is definitely a Young Person's profession in many ways formal style I don't eat lots of ice cream informal style usually we use much and many with questions and negatives how many students are in your group I don't have many books at home how much money do you need I don't like
the sea very much please learn some features of using much many a lot of in your speech one when we use much and many before articles a and the demonstratives this that possessive my your or pronouns we need to use of not many of the pictures were on the wall how many of them can sing he does much of his work remotely how many of these books are written by you two we can admit the noun after much many or a lot of in case when the noun is obvious for example would you like some
cake yes please but not too much means not too much cake three to express a huge or excessive amount we use too much for example she talks too much on the phone to express High degree or large amount we use so much for example there was so much to learn four in spoken English we can use this much or that much with a hand gesture to indicate quantity for example I only had that much chocolate five when we use much and many in questions we usually expect that the larger amount isn't there isn't there much
milk left the speaker expects that there is a small amount of milk left when we use a lot of lots of in questions we usually expect that the larger amount is there isn't there a lot of milk left the speaker expects that there is a larg amount of milk left six for comparison of quantity we use as many as and as much as take as many apples as you want he doesn't earn as much as me watch our lesson comparatives and superlatives seven sometimes in newspapers you can find the fixed expression many a or many
an plus singular noun and is followed by a singular verb for example it remained a mystery for many a year for many years many a or many an is an idiomatic expression used to refer to a large number of individual items or people considered as a collective group I am sure it is worth to knowing the typical errors this will help you to express your thoughts correctly remember use many with countable nouns and much with uncountable nouns avoid using of after much or many before a noun without article possessive or determiner I haven't seen many
friends here correct don't use a lot of without a noun did many of you relatives come to visit yes quite a lot correct have you understood that topic I am sure you have
