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naomimalan · #31 12-Apr-2008, 09:53

Quote:

Originally Posted by Firelord

and the other question is
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do you bring your pen?
oh, i _ .
here, which one will u use?
forget or forgot?

DID you bring your pen?
Oh, I FORGOT.

Mihai_alexandru · #32 13-Apr-2008, 12:47

Much is used for uncountable nouns. Time is an uncountable noun. We cannot say times. So we use much. (for countable nouns we use many)

A lot of is used for both countable and uncountable nouns.

So, we can use both of them. Am I right?

**RonBee** · #33 13-Apr-2008, 14:50

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Originally Posted by Mihai_alexandru

Much is used for uncountable nouns. Time is an uncountable noun. We cannot say times. So we use much. (for countable nouns we use many)

A lot of is used for both countable and uncountable nouns.

So, we can use both of them. Am I right?

Yes. you are right. Say:

She doesn't have much free time.

Or:

She doesn't have a lot of free time.

kalingaraj · #34 14-Apr-2008, 21:43

"She doesn't have much free time"

I think this is right, am not much confidant in it. might be this is correct answer. Please tell me the right answer and give me suggestion for it because am a beginner to this language.

and please give me some of the useful tutorial links for me , it might be very useful for my studies.
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madhuri123 · #35 09-Oct-2008, 06:28

much is the answer..

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messi19 · #36 20-Jan-2009, 20:43

we do use (much) in negative

pekham_banerjee · #37 04-Feb-2009, 11:36

am not sure about the answer, but i think it is much.

**RonBee** · #38 07-Feb-2009, 11:02

Say:

She doesn't have much free time

or

She doesn't have a lot of free time

kitosdad · #39 27-Feb-2009, 13:43

?. Sorry, don't understand the question. A little more information please, then maybe we can help.

Mind · #40 21-Mar-2009, 14:19

hi,

I have a question about Much,Many & A lot of :

Much is used for uncountable nouns that sentence is negative ; and

A lot of is used for both countable and uncountable nouns,

in both positive and negative sentence.

and many is used for countable nouns ,

in both positive and negative sentence.

am i right ?

Please tell me the right answer .

Thanks .