Expressions of quantity are words like many, much, a lot of, lots of, a few, and a little. We use these words before nouns.
Big quantities
For big quantities, we use many, much, and a lot of/lots of.
For negatives and questions we use many before count nouns and much before uncount nouns.
Count Nouns (many) | Uncount Nouns (much) |
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books, people, computers, pens, desks, friends, cars, dollars, minutes
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music, water, rice, coffee, grammar, money, time, furniture
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We can use use a lot of / lots of for positive sentences. The noun can be count or uncount.
- I have a lot of books.
- I have lots of books .
- He likes a lot of music.
- He likes lots of music.
Small quantities
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