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Tinanam0102 Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

A lot of

Hi teachers,

Since a lot of is both countable and uncountable, can you naturally say:

"There's a lot of sugar in my tea"

That would mean "too much sugar" in the tea

Thanks

TN

  

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"Lot" has both count and non-count uses -- in your example it's a non-count quantificational noun. g. if one has a very sweet tooth.

— BillJ

  • "Lot" has both count and non-count uses -- in your example it's a non-count quantificational noun.
  • g.
  • if one has a very sweet tooth.
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"Lot" has both count and non-count uses -- in your example it's a non-count quantificational noun.

It doesn't necessarily mean "too much", but simply indicates that there is large quantity of sugar in the tea, which may be what is intended, e.g. if one has a very sweet tooth.

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There's a lot of sugar in my tea." Fine

That would mean "too much sugar" in the tea. Not necessarily. It's just a factual statement.

Maybe I like a lot of sugar in my tea!

Clive

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