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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