1-mml-22 group listener prepared from Rashidov Dilshod English language course on My One Day

Rashidov Dilshod, a listener of the 1st MML-22 group, prepared from the English language course on the topic "much, many, alot of, lots of"

PRESENTATION

• We use the quantifiers much, many, a lot of, lots of to talk about quantities, amounts and degree. We can use them with a noun (as a determiner) or without a noun (as a pronoun).

Much, many with a noun
We use much with singular uncountable nouns and many with plural nouns:
[talking about money]
I haven’t got 
 change. I’ve only got a ten euro note.
Are there 
 campsites near you?
Questions and negatives
We usually use much and many with questions (?) and negatives (−):
Is there 
 unemployment in that area?
How 
 eggs are in this cake?
Do you think 
 people will come?
It was pouring with rain but there wasn’t 
 wind.
There aren’t 
 women priests.
Affirmatives
In affirmative clauses we sometimes use much and many in more formal styles:
There is 
 concern about drug addiction in the US.
He had heard 
 stories about Yanto and he knew he was trouble.
In informal styles, we prefer to use lots of or a lot of:
I went shopping and spent 
 money.
See also:

• Lots, a lot, plenty

Much of, many of
When we use much or many before articles (a/an, the), demonstratives (this, that), possessives (my, your) or pronouns (him, them), we need to use of:
How 
 this book is fact and how much is fiction?
Claude, the seventeenth-century French painter, spent 
 his life in Italy.
Unfortunately, not 
 the photographers were there.
How 

This much, that much
Spoken English:
When we are talking to someone face-to-face, we can use this much and that much with a hand gesture to indicate quantity:
[the speaker indicates a small amount with his fingers]
I only had 
 
 cake.
A lot of, lots of with a noun
We use a lot of and lots of in informal styles. Lots of is more informal than a lot of. A lot of and lots of can both be used with
plural countable nouns and with singular uncountable nouns for affirmatives, negatives, and questions:
We’ve got 
 things to do.
That’s 
 money.
There weren’t 
 choices.
Can you hurry up? I don’t have 
 time.
Are there 
 good players at your tennis club?
Have you eaten 
 chocolate?
See also:

• Lots, a lot, plenty

Much with comparative adjectives and adverbs: much older, much faster
We can use much before comparative adjectives and adverbs to make a stronger comparison:
Sometimes the prices in the local shop are 
 better than the supermarket’s prices.
I feel 
 calmer now I know she’s safe. (much calmer than I felt before)
She’s walking 
 more slowly since her operation. (much more slowly than before)
Too much, too many and so much, so many
Too much, too many with a noun
We often use too before much and many. It means ‘more than necessary’. We can use too much before an
uncountable noun and too many before a plural noun, or without a noun when the noun is obvious:
I bought 
 food. We had to throw some of it away.
They had a lot of work to do. 
. (too much work)
There are 
 cars on the road. More people should use public transport.
There are 35 children in each class. It’s 
. (too many children)

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