Example of Using “Much”, “Many” and “a Lot Of”
English / / July 04, 2021
English expressions "Much", "many" and "a lot of", they are translated into Spanish as much, much, many, many; and due to their context, they are often confused in their use.
Much is used with uncountable nouns, with unknown quantities, especially in the interrogative and negative form, with things that cannot be counted, at least at first glance, and with collective nouns, which do not admit plural.
Examples of using much:
- I have eated much sugar along my life.
- Much people walked daily in Madison Square.
- There are much factories in the world.
- I wish to make much money in my life.
- My tears for you are as much as drops in the sea.
- How much cost a lot of diamonds?
- Thanks for the meat. How much is it?
- Sometimes I spent much time daydreaming.
- If you knew how much I wish stay here.
- I have never drinks much coffee.
- Is there much milk in the pitcher?
- Is raining too much.
- Stop! You smoke too much cigarettes!
- Doesn’t he spend much money in beer?
- There were much people in the meeting.
Many it is used with plural nouns and with quantities that are known or can be quickly determined.
Examples the use of many.
- How many kids came at class?
- How many times have knocked the door?
- Many of my friends are lawyers.
- Many boxes were broken.
- Many examples are questions.
- I play basketball many times a week.
- I have done many marks in your document.
- How many employers have your enterprise?
- My keyboard has many key that I don't use.
- We go to school many days a week.
- Perhaps many of those kids become a genius.
- Many musicians I meet play the piano.
- Many numbers are divisible exactly only by one and itself. They called prime numbers.
- There are much English language pages, and many are easy to read.
- Many pages of that book are bad impressed.
A lot of is an expression that can be used interchangeably instead of much or many. "A lot of" can also be translated as many, a lot of, too many. "A lot of" is used when in doubt about using "much" or "many". "A lot of" is followed by a noun, otherwise the "of" is removed.
Examples of using A lot of:
- Oh God! There were a lot of people in the office.
- A lot of books in the library are of English grammar.
- I've a lot of pending work.
- There are a lot of examples in this page.
- With your jokes, I laugh a lot.
- That’s the trouble; he always thinks everything a lot.
- I ever use much and many,a lot of times.
- How many years you age? I don't remember, but is a lot.
- The homework contains a lot of exercises.
- One day I will have a lot of books, a lot.
- A lot of children come to their party.
- Sometimes I have a lot of mistakes.
- There are a lot of factories.
- My keyboard has a lot of keys that I don't use.
- I saw a lot of rare birds in the zoo.
- In this year were a lot of rainy days.
- I'm very tired. I will spend a lot of time in bed.