؟much یا many از کدوم کجا استفاده کنم؟

Faezeh,

Faezeh,

Hello?

Can’t you see I’m busy?

you were just ignoring me.

Listen.

What is the difference between much

and many?

Do you know what are countable nouns

and uncountable nouns?

Even if I didn’t know it’s so obvious,

countable means you are able to count it,

uncountable means you are not able to count it.

right.

But do you know which nouns can be countable?

which nouns can be uncountable?

umm…

every noun that is impossible to count,huh?

water.

my hair

sand

correct.

But other than checking the dictionary

that should be your first option,

there are some other signs

that can help you figure out

uncountable from countables.

First one,

You cannot use article a or an

before uncountables.

I can’t say a water.

exactly!

Second

You cannot use plural s.

I cannot say waters.

that would be weird, right?

third,

you can’t use plural verbs for them as well.

for example:

if I say

there are water in the glass.

that would be wrong.

I should say

there is water in the glass.

I can’t say one water, two waters…

yes,

but there are other examples of uncountable.

you know?

like water,

Music,

advice, paper,

chocolate

okay, OK

what about much and many?

yes, now that you understand

what is countable and what is uncountable,

I can tell you that.

Imagine there is water in this glass, OK?

there is a little water in this glass,

there is some water in this glass,

there is much water in this glass.

I see.

and for countables,

this is pencil case

there are a few pens in the pencil case,

there are many pens in the pencil case,

there are so many pens in the pencil case,

we use some for uncountable,

many for countable, right?

um, no.

you can use many for countables only

but you can use some for both of them.

And a lot of for both of them as well.

Aha

For example

There are a lot of children playing in the yard.

there is a lot of milk in the jar.

cool.

Now, let me finish my movie…

work.