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Ask your administrator if you think this is wrong. ======Much, many and a lot of/lots of ====== =====Introduction===== <html><p><img height="150" id="1803" style="width: 127px; height: 105px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/1803_b1dafa8338c86df5073a7e27a37d7cfb.jpg"> <span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><strong>I don't have <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">much </span>money!</strong></span><br> </p></html> =====Definition===== <html><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Much</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>,<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"> many </span>and<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"> a lot of/lots of</span> are quantifiers which we use with <span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">uncountable nouns</span> and plural <span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">countable nouns</span>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span></span></b><br> </p></html> =====Construction===== <html><table style="border: currentColor; border-collapse: collapse; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-border-alt: solid #4F81BD 1.0pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" table=""> <tbody> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes;"> <td width="205" valign="top" style="background: rgb(79, 129, 189); border-width: 1pt medium medium 1pt; border-style: solid none none solid; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 154pt;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p></td> <td width="205" valign="top" style="background: rgb(79, 129, 189); border-width: 1pt medium medium; border-style: solid none none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 154.05pt;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Plural countable nouns</span></b></p></td> <td width="205" valign="top" style="background: rgb(79, 129, 189); border-width: 1pt 1pt medium medium; border-style: solid solid none none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 154.05pt;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Uncountable nouns</span></b></p></td></tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1;"> <td width="205" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt medium 1pt 1pt; border-style: solid none solid solid; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 154pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Much</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><u><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Negative and interrogative</span></u></b></p></td> <td width="205" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt medium; border-style: solid none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 154.05pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB"><font face="Calibri"> </font></span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB"><img height="22" id="40" style="width: 25px; height: 22px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/40_457126aaf23a65c1331eea83d27fb7c4.jpg"></span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p></td> <td width="205" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 154.05pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>I don't have <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">much</span> money.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Do you have <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">much</span> money?</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p></td></tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 2;"> <td width="205" valign="top" style="border-width: medium medium medium 1pt; border-style: none none none solid; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 154pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Many</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><u><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Negative and interrogative</span></u></b></p></td> <td width="205" valign="top" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border: rgb(240, 240, 240); width: 154.05pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>I don't have <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">many</span> books.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Do you have <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">many</span> books?</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p></td> <td width="205" valign="top" style="border-width: medium 1pt medium medium; border-style: none solid none none; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 154.05pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB"><font face="Calibri"> </font></span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB"><img height="22" id="40" style="width: 25px; height: 22px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/40_457126aaf23a65c1331eea83d27fb7c4.jpg"></span><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></b></p></td></tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 3;"> <td width="205" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt medium 1pt 1pt; border-style: solid none solid solid; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 154pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>A lot of/lots of<span style="color: fuchsia;"></span></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><u><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Affirmative, negative and interrogative</span></u></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p></td> <td width="205" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt medium; border-style: solid none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 154.05pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>I have <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">a lot of</span> books.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="color: fuchsia;"></span></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>I don't have <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">a lot of</span> books.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Do you have <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">a lot of </span>books?</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: fuchsia; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p></td> <td width="205" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 154.05pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>I have <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">a lot of</span> money.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>I don't have <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">a lot of </span>money.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Do you have <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">a lot of </span>money?</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p></td></tr></tbody></table> <p> </p></html> =====Uses===== <html><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>We use <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">much</span>,<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"> many </span>and<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"> a lot/lots</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">of </span>to talk about (often large) quantities and amounts. </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 176, 80); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><font color="#0000cc">I</font>n conversation it is rare to use <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">much </span>and <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">many </span>in affirmative sentences. They are used in formal, written English but <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">a lot of/lots of </span>is preferred for both <span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">countable</span> and <span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">uncountable nouns</span> in conversation and informal writing. For example: </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: fuchsia; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 21.3pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Does he have <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">much</span> money?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="color: fuchsia;"></span></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 21.3pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>He doesn't have <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">much</span> money.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 21.3pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>He has <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">a lot of </span>money.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 21.3pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 21.3pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Does he have <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">many </span>friends?</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 21.3pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>He doesn't have <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">many</span> friends.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="color: fuchsia;"></span></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 21.3pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>He has <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">a lot of </span>friends.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></b> </p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></b> </p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>However, <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">much</span> and <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">many</span> are a little more acceptable in conversation at the beginning of a sentence:</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 21.3pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Much</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> of our food is exported.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 21.3pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Many</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> people drive too fast.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>If you are not sure, use <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">a lot of </span>in formal and informal situations with countable and uncountable nouns for affirmative, negative and interrogative sentences.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></b> </p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br></p></html> [[en:grammar:home|{{ :file_-_back_3_.png?150 }}]]