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Much vs. many

Nouns and articlesRule 4 of 10

The rule

Use "many" with countable nouns and "much" with uncountable nouns: "many emails", "much time". If you are not sure which one fits, "a lot of" works with both.

Wrong and right

  1. Wrong How much people came to the demo?

    Right How many people came to the demo?

  2. Wrong I don't have many time this week.

    Right I don't have much time this week.

  3. Wrong There were too much cars on the bridge.

    Right There were too many cars on the bridge.

  4. Wrong How many money do we have left?

    Right How much money do we have left?

  5. Wrong We didn't get much orders today.

    Right We didn't get many orders today.