How much emissions or how many emissions?
The following is what I found in the website of US Energy Information Administration. Is the word "emissions" usually used with "much" as in the quotation? If so, why is the verb "are" used instead of "is?"
How much of U.S. carbon dioxide emissions are associated with electricity generation?
Is it grammatically correct to rewrite the quote as follows?
How much of U.S. carbon dioxide emissions is associated with electricity generation? or
How many of U.S. carbon dioxide emissions are associate with electicity generation?
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anonymous The following is what I found in the website of US Energy Information Administration. Is the word "emissions" usually used with "much" as in the quotation? S.
- anonymous The following is what I found in the website of US Energy Information Administration.
- Is the word "emissions" usually used with "much" as in the quotation?
- S.
- carbon dioxide emissions are associated with electricity generation?
- Yes, you use "much" with "how much of".
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anonymousThe following is what I found in the website of US Energy Information Administration. Is the word "emissions" usually used with "much" as in the quotation? ...
How much of U.S. carbon dioxide emissions are associated with electricity generation?
Yes, you use "much" with "how much of". Here it means "How much of the total content of
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Now, I also found the following in which the BASF site says, " ... determine how many emissions are produced by which activity, ..."
Can I understand that "many emissions" is also grammmatically correct?
*We consider the whole BASF value chain and determine how many emissions are produced by which activity, from the supply of raw materials an
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