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Cat navy 425 Posted 6 years ago
Grammar

I ate as many/I ate twice/I ate the same amount

Dear all,

I would like to know whether the following sentences are correct. If incorrect, please correct them.

1) I ate as many apples as Tom ate.

2) I ate twice as many apples as Tom ate.

3) I ate the same amount of apples as Tom ate.

4) We both ate the same number of apples.

5) I will give you as much money as you want.

6) I will give you any much money you want.

Thank you.

  

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cat navy 425 3) I ate the same amount of apples as Tom ate. "same number " is better with countable nouns, as you have in 4). I ate the same number of apples as Tom ate.

  • cat navy 425 3) I ate the same amount of apples as Tom ate.
  • "same number " is better with countable nouns, as you have in 4).
  • I ate the same number of apples as Tom ate.
  • cat navy 425 6) I will give you any much amount of money you want.
  • It's 'any amount of', not 'any much'.
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cat navy 4253) I ate the same amount of apples as Tom ate.

"same number" is better with countable nouns, as you have in 4).

I ate the same number of apples as Tom ate.

cat navy 4256) I will give you any much amount of money you want.

It's 'any amoun

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