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Paul81 Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
How much/how many
Hi
I have one serious and kind of embarassing question. Consider the following senteces:
1-'How many mushrooms do we need?' Answer- ' we need 8 mushrooms'
'2-'How much mushrooms do we need?' Answer- ' we need 200 g'
I know that we use "how many" to objects/concepts we can count, whereas ' how much' is used with uncountable nouns. But considering the two different answers, is it possible to make the 2nd question? It does sound awkward to me, but the answer is given with a measuring unit, and not a singular unit.
Thanks for your time
I have one serious and kind of embarassing question. Consider the following senteces:
1-'How many mushrooms do we need?' Answer- ' we need 8 mushrooms'
'2-'How much mushrooms do we need?' Answer- ' we need 200 g'
I know that we use "how many" to objects/concepts we can count, whereas ' how much' is used with uncountable nouns. But considering the two different answers, is it possible to make the 2nd question? It does sound awkward to me, but the answer is given with a measuring unit, and not a singular unit.
Thanks for your time
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paul81 But considering the two different answers, is it possible to make the 2nd question? Yes, but as you say, it's awkward. Or rephrase.
- paul81 But considering the two different answers, is it possible to make the 2nd question?
- Yes, but as you say, it's awkward.
- Or rephrase.
- How many grams of mushrooms do we need?
- In the more usual case, you don't know the answer or you wouldn't be asking the question, so you'd just say How many mushrooms no matter what answer you got.
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paul81But considering the two different answers, is it possible to make the 2nd question?Yes, but as you say, it's awkward.
Or rephrase. How many grams of mushrooms do we need?
In the more usual case, you don't know the answer or you wouldn't be asking the question, so you'd just say How many mushrooms no matter what answer
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