Much vs Many

Much dan many adalah Determiner. Much digunakan untuk kata benda tidak dapat dihitung dan many untuk kata benda jamak:

• There isn't much sugar.
• Do you have many relations in America?

Much dan many digunakan dalam kalimat negatif dan kalimat tanya.

• We didn't have much luck today.
• Have you got much more work to do?
• There aren't many hotels in this town.
• Do you know many people around here?

Much tidak digunakan dalam kalimat postif/affirmatif. Sebagai penggantinya, kita gunakan a lot of atau lots of:

• He has got a lot of money (BUKAN much money)
• There is a lot of rain coming later today (BUKAN much rain)

Many sering juga dipakai dalam kalimat positif/affirmatif. Tetapi lebih baik gunakan a lot of atau lots of:

• There are many ways to approach this (or lots of ways)
• Many people are living below the poverty line (or lots of people)

Much dapat dipakai dalam kalimat affirmatif, namun didahului oleh so, too atau as:

• There is so much work to be done.
• I think that he has got too much responsibility.
• Drink as much water as possible during the race.