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Much vs Many

Same idea (a big amount), but it depends on counting.

  • MANY — countable things. many goats, many robots, many robot goats.
  • MUCH — uncountable things. much time, much money, much beer, much regret. Much is usually used for questions and negatives, and it can also be used with adjectives and adverbs: much nicer, much more nicely.

Trick: if you can count them, use many; if not, much.

Note: We can say “many more things” and “much more water”, too, though here we’re mainly practicing the difference in meaning.

Question 1

How ___ eggs can you juggle?

Question 2

I wanted to read the dictionary today and there isn't ___ time left.

Question 3

" people don't have money these days", laughed the billionaire.

Question 4

Too goats came to the picnic. There wasn't cheese but there were goat treats.

Question 5

I'm a talented musician but more people can play more nicely than I.