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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

More vs Much

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I am having difficulties trying to understand when you use the word more vs. the word much.
  

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) use many with the plural for a large number of the given entity. ) use much with the singular for a large amount of the given entity. much water, much butter, much sand _______ For both countable nouns and uncountable nouns use more instead of many or much for a number or amount that is greater than another number or amount.

  • ) use many with the plural for a large number of the given entity.
  • ) use much with the singular for a large amount of the given entity.
  • much water, much butter, much sand _______ For both countable nouns and uncountable nouns use more instead of many or much for a number or amount that is greater than another number or amount.
  • more tables in this room than in that room more houses on this street than on that street more girls at this party than at that party more water in this glass than in that glass more butter on this plate than on that plate more sand in this box than in that box CJ
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For countable nouns (table, chair, house, car, knife, girl, ...) use many with the plural for a large number of the given entity.

many tables, many houses, many girls
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For uncountable nouns (water, butter, sand, ...) use much with the singular for a large amount of the given entity.

much water, mu

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