Quantifiers (3): Much, Many, A lot of

"Much", “many” and "a lot of" are other quantifiers used with nouns.

[1]  MUCH:

We use “much” in negative sentences and questions with uncountable nouns.

For examples,

• I don't have much money.
• There's not much milk left.
• How much money do you have?
• Do you have much time?

[2]  MANY:

We use “many” in negative sentences and questions with countable nouns.

For examples,

• I don't have many books.
• There weren't many customers last year.
• Do you have many friends?
• How many sisters do you have?

Exception:

We can use “much” and “many” in positive sentences with “so” or “too”.

For examples,

• Companies provide too much information to customers these days.
• There were too many people during Water Festival.
• There's so much work to do this week.
• It's a problem when there are so many cars.

[3]  A LOT OF:

We use “a lot of” in positive sentences with both countable and uncountable nouns.

For examples,

• I have a lot of friends.
• I have a lot of time.
• I've got a lot of work this week.
• There were a lot of people at the concert.

Note: “Lots of” can be used in the same way as “a lot of”, often in informal speech.

For examples,

• I have lots of time.
• I have a lot of time.