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Jandi Posted 21 years ago
Grammar
Much
Hello, teachers!
Can we use 'much' in this sentence?
- He has [much, a lot of] experience with this kind of situation.
Thank you very much.
Can we use 'much' in this sentence?
- He has [much, a lot of] experience with this kind of situation.
Thank you very much.
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Hello Jandi I have been waiting for some moderator to answer. But still nobody has answered. So please allow me to try to answer though I think as an English learner I'm less advanced than you.
- Hello Jandi I have been waiting for some moderator to answer.
- But still nobody has answered.
- So please allow me to try to answer though I think as an English learner I'm less advanced than you.
- The answer is: you'd better use 'a lot of experience' in this case.
- 'Much of experience' is used in negative sentences and questions.
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Hello Jandi
I have been waiting for some moderator to answer. But still nobody has answered.
So please allow me to try to answer though I think as an English learner I'm less advanced than you.
The answer is: you'd better use 'a lot of experience' in this case.
'Much of experience' is used in negative sentences and questions.
How much of experience d
I have been waiting for some moderator to answer. But still nobody has answered.
So please allow me to try to answer though I think as an English learner I'm less advanced than you.
The answer is: you'd better use 'a lot of experience' in this case.
'Much of experience' is used in negative sentences and questions.
How much of experience d
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'Much [of] experience' is used in negative sentences and questions.
1. How much [of] experience do you have with it?
2. We don't have much [of] experience with it.
3. We have a lot of experience with it.
No 'of' with 'much', Paco.
'much' is certainly not wrong, it's just overly formal for many situations. There is a thread very close to this one in the
1. How much [of] experience do you have with it?
2. We don't have much [of] experience with it.
3. We have a lot of experience with it.
No 'of' with 'much', Paco.
'much' is certainly not wrong, it's just overly formal for many situations. There is a thread very close to this one in the
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Thank you very much, Paco.
> I think as an English learner I'm less advanced than you.
Wow. I'm flattering!
I'm trying to be fluent like you, but I still have a long way to go.
Being like you in the near future is one of my aims.
As for my question, I've thought that as you say, but a native told me it's possible though uncommon, which made me confused. so I'm do
> I think as an English learner I'm less advanced than you.
Wow. I'm flattering!
I'm trying to be fluent like you, but I still have a long way to go.
Being like you in the near future is one of my aims.
As for my question, I've thought that as you say, but a native told me it's possible though uncommon, which made me confused. so I'm do
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Hello JTT and Jandi
Ugh! I must have been crazy!
Thank you JTT for the correction,
And sorry Jandi for my mistake.
paco
No 'of' with 'much', Paco.
Ugh! I must have been crazy!
Thank you JTT for the correction,
And sorry Jandi for my mistake.
paco
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