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Nina_Nia Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

Very many, too many, etc

What is the difference in use between
many
very many
too many
so many
lots of
a lot of
few
very few
so few,
too few?

Thanks
  

Top answer

Hi, That's too many questions for me today. If you want to, let's tackle one little aspect of it, with simpler examples. It's cold.

— Clive

  • Hi, That's too many questions for me today.
  • If you want to, let's tackle one little aspect of it, with simpler examples.
  • It's cold.
  • It's very cold.
  • It's too cold.
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Hi,

That's too many questions for me today.

If you want to, let's tackle one little aspect of it, with simpler examples.

It's cold.
It's very cold.
It's too
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Here are some typical examples of usage:

There are many professional people living in my condo.

There are not very many professional people living in my condo. ("Very many" is typically used in negative statements. It doesn't sound right in positive statements.)

There are too many people with young children living in my condo - it's noisy.

There are so many at
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Hello,

Yes, I know the difference, but I am not sure which of them are used in negative statements only and which are used in questions.
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Hi,

Very broadly speaking, I don't think such restrictions apply. Much will depend on the specific sentence and context.

Would you like to write some sentences of the kind you are concerned about, for us to check for you?

Clive
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Yes, of course Emotion: smile.

First of all this is what my dictionary says; Many- is used mainly in quest
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Hi,

First of all this is what my dictionary says; Many- is used mainly in questions and negative sentences: Do you go to many concerts? I wouldn't argue with 'mainly'.


In statements a lot of or lots of (informal) are much more common.
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I forgot to include 'plenty of', a large number of, a great number of, a great deal of, loads of, and a large quantity of.

Could you check these exampes too?

We have plenty of/a large number of/ a great number of/a great deal of/loads of/a large quantity of books.
Do you have plenty of/a large number of/ a great number
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Hi,

I forgot to include 'plenty of', a large number of, a great number of, a great deal of, loads of, and a large quantity of.

Could you check these exampes too?

We have plenty of/a large number of/ a great number of/a great deal of/loads of/a large quantity of books.
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Hmmm, 'a great deal of' was wrong in each example. I will be grateful if you explain to me why.

Thanks
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"A great deal of" is only used when the object is uncountable. "We have a great deal of rice", or "we have a great deal of time", or "we have a great deal of patience", but never "we have a great deal of books" or "we have a great deal of forks".
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