Much or Many....SEE THE DICTIONARY MEANINGS

hehehe......We use use much and many in questions and negative sentences. They both show an amount of something.

Use 'Much' with uncountable nouns

We use much with singular nouns.
Question: "How much petrol is in the car?"
Negative clause: "We don't have much time left."

Use 'Many' with countable nouns

We use many with plural nouns
Question: "How many people were at the meeting?"
Negative clause: "Not many of the students understood the lesson."

Use a 'A lot of' and 'Lots of' with both

Both mean a large amount. We use them with countable and uncountable nouns. A lot of is a little more formal sounding than lots of.

Countable:

"A lot of people work here."
"Lots of people work here."

Uncountable:

"There was a lot of snow last night."
"There was lots of snow last night."

The words much and many mean a lot of.

• If a noun is in singular, we use much

  Example:

  much money

• If a noun is in plural, we use many

  Example:

  many friends

Use of much / many

In everyday English, we normally use much / many only in questions and negative clauses.

Example:

How much money have you got?

Carla does not have many friends.

In positive clauses with so, as or too, we also use much / many.

Example:

Carla has so many friends.

She has as many friends as Sue.

Kevin has too much money.

In all other positive clauses, however, we prefer expressions like a lot of / lots of.

Example:

Carla has a lot of / lots of friends.

Kevin has a lot of / lots of money.

In formal texts, however, much / many are also common in positive clauses. This you will notice for example when you read English news.

Examples

I’ve got many games.
There isn’t much time.
Do you get much homework?

Remember!

Use ‘many’ for things we can count. Use ‘much’ for things we can’t count.
How many computers / games / sweets are there?
How much time / money / homework have you got?

Be careful!

In questions and negative sentences we use ‘much’, but we usually use ‘a lot of’ in positive sentences.
Have you got much water?
I haven’t got much water.
I’ve got a lot of water.

We say... We don’t say...

I’ve got many toys. (NOT I’ve got much toys.)
There isn’t much chocolate. (NOT There isn’t many chocolate.)
He’s got a lot of homework. (NOT He’s got much homework.)

Much, many, a lot:

"Much", "many", and "a lot of" indicate a large quantity of something, for example "I have a lot of friends " means I have a large quantity of friends.
Much, many, and a lot are quantifiers.

Study the examples below:

How much money have you got?	I haven't got much money.
	I have got a lot.
	I have got a lot of money.
How many students are in the classroom?	There aren't many.
	There are a lot.
	There are a lot of/lots of students.

In the interrogative forms we use:

• much with uncountable nouns. (money, bread, water...)
  Example:
  How much money/bread/water...is there?
• many with countable nouns. (students, desks, windows...)
  Example:
  How many students/teachers/desks... are there?

In the negative forms we use:

• much with uncountable nouns. (money, bread, water...)
  Example:
  I haven't got much money/bread/water...
• many with countable nouns. (students, desks, windows...)
  Example:
  There aren't many students/teachers/desks...

In the affirmative forms:

In spoken English and informal writing we tend to use:

• a lot, a lot of, lots of with countable and uncountable nouns.
  Example:
  "How many students are there in the classroom?"
  "There are a lot."
  "How many students are there in the classroom?"
  "There are a lot of / lots of students"..

In formal written English:

• It is also possible (and preferable) to use many and much rather than a lot of, lots of and a lot in formal written English.
  Example:
  There are many students.
  Much time was spent on studying.

So if you're speaking or writing to friends (informal), use a lot, a lot of, lots of. But if you want to be more formal, perhaps it is preferable to use much and many.

Remember:

In affirmative sentences with so, as or too, we also use much / many.

Examples:
"Carla has so many friends."
"She has as many friends as Sue."
"Kevin has too much money."

Summary:

Interrogative	Negative	Affirmative
How many books are there?	There aren't many.	There are a lot.
		There are a lot of books.
		There are lots of books.
		There are many books (formal)
How much money have you got?	I haven't got much.	I've got a lot.
		I've got a lot of money.
		I've got lots of money.
		I have got much money (formal)