79. Much and many
Much is used with singular nouns.
Many is used with plural nouns.
•
There aren’t
many people who can afford cars.
•
Have you got
much work to do?
Much and
many are mostly used in questions and negative sentences. They are
unusual in affirmative clauses except after words like
as, so and
too.
•
She has got
lots of friends. (More natural than ‘She has got many friends.’)
80. Neither, nor and not...either
Negative additions to negative remarks are made with
nor/neither + auxiliary
verb + subject
•
Incorrect: 'I can't swim.' 'I also can't'
•
Correct: 'I can't swim.'
'Neither/nor can I.'
•
Incorrect: John didn't come, and Peter didn't too.
•
Correct: John didn't come,
neither/nor did Peter.
Not either means the same as n
either and
nor. It is preceded by
subject +
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