Much and many

Much and many

1. Much is used with uncountable nouns in negative sentences.
2. Much is used in questions. Here, it is not followed by the noun “milk” because the meaning is clear without it.
3. Many is used with plural nouns in negative sentences.
4. Many is used in questions. Here, the meaning is clear without the plural noun “potatoes”
5. In informal English, people don’t often use “much” or “many” in positive sentences. They use a lot of or lots of


Rael and Vincent have invited friends to dinner at their house.
Vincent has just been to the local supermarket to buy food.

Rael: You didn’t get much (1) milk.
Vincent: Didn’t I? How much (2) did you want?
Rael: Well, more than this. Two cartons, ideally.
Vincent: Oh!
Rael: And you didn’t get many (3) potatoes, either.
Vincent: Well, how many (4) do we need?
Rael: We need quite a lot (5). There’ll be eight of us.
Vincent: But isn’t that enough?
Rael: Hardly. You know how much Sonja eats. She could eat all of these by herself.

Beyond the basics
Much and many are used in the expressions
So much / so many, as much … as / as many … as
and too much / too many

• There’s been so much rain recently.

• We try to save much electricity as we can.

• I made too many mistakes.

axel wrote:


Rael and Vincent have invited friends to dinner at their house.
Vincent has just been to the local supermarket to buy food.

Rael: You didn’t get much (1) milk.
Vincent: Didn’t I? How much (2) did you want?
Rael: Well, more than this. Two cartons, ideally.
Vincent: Oh!
Rael: And you didn’t get many (3) potatoes, either.
Vincent: Well, how many (4) do we need?
Rael: We need quite a lot (5). There’ll be eight of us.
Vincent: But isn’t that enough?
Rael: Hardly. You know how much Sonja eats. She could eat all of these by herself.

Hahaha, it means I am married with Real... and still alive!
I just underlined some sentences to show how your reputation has preceded you dear Real : 1/ You never happy. 2/ What that gossip??!

Rael: You didn’t get much (1) milk.
Vincent: Didn’t I? How much (2) did you want?
Rael: Well, more than this. Two cartons, ideally.
Vincent: Oh!
Rael: And you didn’t get many (3) potatoes, either.
Vincent: Well, how many (4) do we need?
Rael: We need quite a lot (5). There’ll be eight of us.
Vincent: But isn’t that enough?
Rael: Hardly. You know how much Sonja eats. She could eat all of these by herself.

Vincent and Rael congratulations hahaa You can invite me on dinner .. I will not eat a lot..I promise

Axel.. good idea hahaa

Sorry for using your names.
I didn’t expect a reaction like that.

I think it's very funny!

dont worry Axel ,we just love to talk out of topic