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usage of 'much' 'many' and 'a lot of'
in Improving English Writing Skills
Dear Friends,

Sometimes in our course of conversation,we get confused as to when we have to use the words 'much','many' and 'a lot of'.Let us see how we can easily use them!

Many

We use the word 'Many' with count nouns

Examples-How many apples were there?
How many chocolates did you buy?
How many people did you invite?
They aren't many apples.

We use 'many' when there are Questions and Negatives.

Much

We use the word 'Much' with uncountable nouns
Examples-How much wine is there?
There isn't much wine.
How much money do you have?
I don't have much money with me.

We use 'much' when there are Questions and Negatives.

A lot of

We use 'a lot of' with count and uncountable nouns

Example-There are a lot of apples in the kitchen.
There’s a lot of beer in the fridge.
There's a lot of journalists out there

We use 'a lot of' when there is positive tone in speech

A few more examples using the words 'many', 'much' and 'a lot of' are given below-





Hence we can summarize as such-

Use 'Many' for Count Nouns in Questions and Negatives
Use 'Much' for Uncountable Nouns in Questions and Negatives
Use 'a lot of' for Count and Uncountable Nouns in Positives.
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    @ Grammer Mom

    Thanks for listing out the difference between 'much','many' and 'a lot of'.

    Where Did you get these from? Or is it your own effort?

    why can't you post them as artiles?

    [hide]We use 'many' when there are Questions and Negatives.[/hide]

    Even we used to say.

    there are many apples under the tree.

    this is positive :unsure:
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    Very informative indeed :)

    Thanks Swetha :)
    Thanks 'n' Regards,
    Deepti.
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    @Sanjeetharan

    'there are many apples under the tree' is actually direct translation of Indian Regional Language speech to English Language writing,we much actually say 'there are a lot of apples under the tree'
    Swetha Shenoy
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    @Swetha

    thanks for clearing my doubt
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    very very very Informative .

    thanks swetha...

    why dont u write article on this
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    Thank you for sharing.
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    Thank so much grammer Mom for clearing my doubts on much,many and a lot of.
    I hope swetha mam you will add more on useful english topics...
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    @Jasmeet,

    Kindly refer previous forums to improve your English writing skills

    1.Adverbs-Adjectives

    2.Writing for effect

    3.Lesson 3 Punctuation

    4.[url=]Lesson 2 parts of speech[/url]

    5.English writing skills

    6.[url=]Indian English[/url]

    I hope these may help you to some extent :)
    Swetha Shenoy
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    Thanks Swetha Mam i will follow this links which you have given Mam...
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    Good threat. Hope people start similar kind of threats to increase our english knowledge.
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