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COUME Posted 22 years ago
Grammar

What is the difference between "Lots of shoes" and "a lot of shoes"

Hello,

Ok, so is someone able to explain what is the difference between "a lot of shoes" and "lots of shoes"?
I have seen both written, and I never know which one I should use Emotion: sad

Do you they have the same meaning or ???

Thxs in advance
Ludo
  

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Hi Ludo, An alternative would be to use many : There are many shoes. htm "]Guide to the Marking of Written Assignments[/url]: lot/lots/a lot of. Do not use any of these expressions when you mean many or much .

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  • Hi Ludo, An alternative would be to use many : There are many shoes.
  • htm "]Guide to the Marking of Written Assignments[/url]: lot/lots/a lot of.
  • Do not use any of these expressions when you mean many or much .
  • Use one of those words instead.
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Hi Ludo,

An alternative would be to use many:

There are many shoes.

[url="http://www.mala.bc.ca/~johnstoi/grammar/guide_2.htm"]Guide to the Marking of Written Assignments[/url]:

lot/lots/a lot of. Do not use any of these expressions wh
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I think that in colloquial speech people are more likely to use 'lots of' or 'a lot of'.

I might write 'Many shoes have been exported' but I would say 'She has a lot of shoes' or 'There are lots of shoes in that sale'. I wouldn't say 'She has many shoes' or 'there are many shoes in that sale.'

I think that 'a lot of' and 'lots of' are used fairly interchangeably.
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No difference indeed.
Use either one for "free" ^^
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Nona,
Your examples hit the nail on the head. In the context of colloquial speech, "many" occurs far more often in the subject position, hardly ever in the object position, where "a lot of" (or the equivalent "lots of") is preferred.
Jim

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Hi CalifJim,

I've been posting anwers on here for the last couple of months as a guest and thought it was about time I registered! What can I say, I get bored at work!
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Thank you all for answering!Emotion: smile

Ludo
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" there is a big different between lots of shoes and a lot of shoes: they dont have the same number of lettters.Beside, they aren't spelling same."


Note from moderator, I had to allow this 'guest' post on the forums as it is genuine help. Thanks guest for you efforts even though it was an answer we were not expecting. chris
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Hello Ludo

Sometimes an idiom requires either one form or the other:

1. What a lot of people! [Never: What lots of people!]

2. Not a lot of people know that. [= humorous]

3. "So who went to your party?" "LOTS of people!" [= emphatic]

4. "So who went to Cynthia's party?" "Quite a lot of people, I suppose." [= grudging]

5. Lots and lots of
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0 Hey Ludo! 02br
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00Well being english and everything, words usually come naturally to us. 02br
00I think that you'll use which ever one you feel in the mod for. It'll just happen. Trust your native tounge! 0-
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00there is a big different between lots of shoes and a lot of shoes: they dont have the same number of lettters12blockquote
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00Don't they? "lots of shoes" = 11 letters. "a lot of shoes" =11 letters. 02br
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00I will admit that they are spelled differently. 0-
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