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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

using much

Hi,

I'm sure I read that much is always singular, but I'm pretty certain that the following are correct.

Could someone please advise?

Thanks

(A) How much are those?

(B) How much are those apples?

(C) How much is the apple?
  

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Your A, B, and C are all correct. " and the verb should agree with what follows. When used another way, such as "I don't think much is going to come out of this meeting" or "Not much is happening" or "Much is still to be learned about how great white sharks navigate the deep ocean waters" -- then much does take the singular.

— BarbaraPA

  • Your A, B, and C are all correct.
  • " and the verb should agree with what follows.
  • When used another way, such as "I don't think much is going to come out of this meeting" or "Not much is happening" or "Much is still to be learned about how great white sharks navigate the deep ocean waters" -- then much does take the singular.
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Your A, B, and C are all correct.

"How much?" means "What is the price?" and the verb should agree with what follows.

When used another way, such as "I don't think much is going to come out of this meeting" or "Not much is happening" or "Much is still to be learned about how great white sharks navigate the deep ocean waters" -- then much does take the singular.
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The verb agrees with the subject, and how much is not the subject in any of these sentences.

The subjects are A. those, B. those apples, C. the apple.

How much simply means How much money (a singular noun). It's an idiomatic use of how much.

CJ
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