Expressions of quantity are words like many, much, a lot of, lots of, a few, and a little. We use these words before nouns.

Big quantities

For big quantities, we use many, much, and a lot of/lots of.

For negatives and questions we use many before count nouns and much before uncount nouns.

Count Nouns (many) Uncount Nouns (much)

books, people, computers, pens, desks, friends, cars, dollars, minutes

  • I don’t have many books.
  • Does she like many people?

music, water, rice, coffee, grammar, money, time, furniture

  • He doesn’t listen to much music.
  • Do you drink much coffee?

We can use use a lot of / lots of for positive sentences. The noun can be count or uncount.

  • I have a lot of books.
  • I have lots of books .
  • He likes a lot of music.
  • He likes lots of music.

Small quantities


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