Much/Many, A lot of
Much and Many
We use much with noncount nouns and many with count nouns.
- Many cars are equipped with GPS systems.
- I ate too many apples.
- How many trees did you plant this weekend?
- I don't know how many girls there are at our school.
- I don't have much money.
- Our teacher gives us too much homework.
- How much sugar do we have?
- I don't know how much water I drank.
A lot of
We use a lot of with noncount nouns and plural count nouns.
- I ate a lot of apples.
- A lot of people like to swim at night.
- That dog has a lot of fleas.
- Mary bought a lot of furniture.
- The man gave us a lot of advice.
- Our teacher gave us a lot of homework.
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