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SOME ANY MUCH MANY A LOT (A) FEW (A) LITTLE

We use much and many mostly in question


Some and Any are used before plural nouns and negative. Much is used with uncountable
and uncountable nouns to talk about an nouns, and many is used with countable plural
indefinite quantity: nouns.
Ex: Some letters any letters Ex: - Is there much rice left?
Some money any money - We haven’t got much rice left.
- Has he got many books?
Some is used in affirmative sentences. - He hasn’t got many books.
Ex: - There are some letters for you. Note: We often use much and many in
- I’ve got some money. affirmative sentences after too, as, so and
very.
Some is used in questions when we want to Ex: - Take as much milk as you want.
encourage people to say ‘yes’; for example in - I’ve got so many jobs to do today.
requests and offers. - We enjoy the party very much.
Ex: - Can you let me have some paper? - We’ve got too much milk.
- Would you like some more tea?
- Have you got some paper I could have, In affirmative sentences, we normally use a lot
Please? (of), lots (of) and plenty (of), not much and
many.
Any is used in negative and question form. We use a lot (of), lots (of) and plenty (of) with
Ex: - Are there any new stories in your store. both uncountable nouns and plural nouns.
- Is there any tea in the cupboard? Ex: - We’ve got a lot of milk.
- I don’t have any new stories for you. (Not: We’ve got much milk.)
- There isn’t any tea in the cupboard. - He’s got a lot of / plenty of books.
(Not normally: He’s got many books.)
Any is used after words with negative meaning
such as without, never, seldom, rarely, hardly.
Ex: - I found a taxi without any trouble.
- You never do any homework.
- There are hardly any eggs left.

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