Are you uncertain about when to use 'many' and when to use 'much'? Here are a few pointers to guide you in the right direction....

1. Which do we use?
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2. Can you count them?
Can you put ‘a/an’ before the singular?
Yes => many
No => much
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3. MANY is used for countable nouns.
many shoes many houses
many people
many pets many students
many friends
many problems many groups
many flaws
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4. so many
too many
how many
not many
many a
a great many
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5. MUCH is used with uncountable nouns.
much money much sense
much power
much care much food
much attention
much work much love
much speculation
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6. so much
too much
how much
not much
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7. Some nouns can take both ‘many’ and ‘much’:
He takes too many risks.
There is too much risk involved.
So many emotions assailed him all at once.
He sang with so much emotion that I cried.
How many times have they seen that movie?
How much time has passed since we saw her?
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