MUCH-MANY

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many / a lot of / lots of

Many is used only with countable nouns (if plural, of course). It is used mainly in questions and negative sentences:

· Do you go to many parties during the school year?

· How many people attended the committee meeting?

· I don’t go to many concerts in summer.

· I’m new in the neighbourhood, so I haven’t got many friends.

· Books at home? They haven’t got many. (pronoun)

· In many of these neighborhoods a lot of people don't have telephones.

many a (formal) used with a singular noun and verb to mean ‘a large number of’

· Many a young man has been destroyed by drink or drugs.

· I know of many a ship that sank sailing through the strait.

Although many is not common in statements, it is used after so, as and too:

· You made too many mistakes.

· ‘I’ll have three dozen bananas’ ‘Oh, come on! Don’t eat so many.

· New drivers have twice as many accidents as experienced drivers.

much / a lot of / lots of

Much is used only with uncountable nouns. It is used mainly in questions and negative sentences:

· Do you have much free time?

· How much experience have you had?

· I don’t have much free time.

Very much and a lot can be used as adverbs:

· I miss my family very much.

· I miss very much my family.

· I miss my family a lot.

· Thanks a lot.

In negative sentences you can use much:

· I didn’t enjoy the film (very) much.

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