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  1. from English Grammar Today. 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]

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  2. Jul 25, 2013 · Is “many” missing in action? July 25, 2013. Q: Have you noticed that the word MANY seems to have vanished from general usage? In place of this vigorous Anglo-Saxon adjective one usually hears or reads the longer word NUMEROUS. How can one account for this phenomenon?

  3. Nov 14, 2019 · Word class analysis has long been familiar in Europe under the title parts of speech, and since medieval times grammarians have operated with nine word classes or parts of speech: noun, verb, pronoun, adjective, adverb, preposition, conjunction, article, and interjection.

  4. Jul 17, 2024 · The wordlike’ is not a conjunction but a verb and preposition. It is commonly used as a preposition and a verb rather than being used as a conjunction. The use of the wordlike’ as a subordinating conjunction since the 15th century is often frowned upon and not accepted in formal English writing.

  5. In negative sentences, we use many with countable nouns, and much with uncountable nouns. We don't have many books. (= We have a small number.) I don't have much money. (= I have a small amount.) We can also use a lot of/lots of in negative sentences with countable or uncountable nouns. We don't eat lots of potatoes.

  6. We use too much or too many + noun to mean more than we want or need of something. I've got too many books. She drinks too much coffee. We use too many before countable nouns and too much before uncountable nouns. There are too many shops here - we can't go to them all.

  7. Aug 17, 2015 · Here are the plain facts: many of these pop grammar rules, that are still seriously taught in schools and universities and even promoted (and inevitably violated) in style guides, were magically pulled out of thin air by a handful of 18th and 19th century prescriptive grammarians.

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