Words / A1

MEN-ee/ˈmeni/

A large number, with things you can count: many books, many people. How many is the question pattern. Much is for uncountable nouns such as water. A lot of works with both and is very common in speech.

Meaning

A large number of.

Examples

• “How many students are there?”
• “There are many shops in this street.”
• “How many chairs do we need?”

Good to know

many + countable. Question: How many…? Uncountable pair: much.

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