That much and contain
Context: The room won't contain a large number of furniture.
The room is small, so it won't contain that much furniture.
Please check it.
Is "contain" suitable here?
I think "that much" is not correct. Please suggest any suitable word.
Top answer
kumenglish Context: The room won't contain a large number of furniture. Furniture is non-count, so we cannot say 1, 2, 3, or 9 furnitures. That is wrong.
- kumenglish Context: The room won't contain a large number of furniture.
- Furniture is non-count, so we cannot say 1, 2, 3, or 9 furnitures.
- That is wrong.
- You can say: 1, 2, 3, or 9 pieces of furniture.
- The same pattern is used for luggage.
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kumenglishContext: The room won't contain a large number of furniture.
Furniture is non-count, so we cannot say 1, 2, 3, or 9 furnitures. That is wrong.
You can say: 1, 2, 3, or 9 pieces of furniture.
The same pattern is used for luggage.
kumenglishThe room
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That much furniture [won't / will never] fit into such a small room.
'contain' doesn't work in your sentence; 'that much' is OK.
CJ
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