What is the difference between much and many?
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Much is for uncountables and many is for countables.
Much is used for uncountable things example:i love you very much the person is expressing his /her love in a uncountable way but it gives an idea of how much a person loves much refers to a large quantity or amount while Many is used for countable things example:there were many cars in the parking lot , you can count the cars that were in the parking lot , Many refers to large number of individual items
Much is used to refer to uncountable nouns like water,sugar,diesel whereas many is used to refer to countable nounss like cups,books.
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Much is uncountable and used when the noun is uncountable. Many is used with countable nouns.
Much is used for items you can not count for example "there isn't much time" but many refers to items you can count for example "There were many people, about 150."
Hello Much are many are quantifiers. You can't use in positives sentence but in negative ones Much is for singular , many plurals. Too much and too many mean more the due Best Regards
Much is used to describe uncountable nouns, things that cannot be counted, for example rice, patience while many is used to describe countable nouns. For example eggs, cows, e.tc
Much for uncomfortable nouns us used & many for countable ones
The word MUCH is used to refer to large quantities of things that are uncountable in nature, whereas the word MANY is used to refer to large quantities of things that are countable by nature. For example: We don't have MUCH time. For example: She has many friends
The word MUCH is used to refer to large quantities of things that are uncountable in nature, where's the word MANY is used to refer to large quantities of things that are countable by nature. For example: We don't have MUCH time. For example: She has many friends.
MANY + PLURAL COUNTABLE NOUN (I have many friends). MUCH + UNCOUNTABLE NOUN (I don't have much money/time). If you get confused while speaking you can always use: A LOT OF For BOTH (I have a lot of friends but I don't have a lot of money.) (NOTE: we don't use these for singular nouns)
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