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Old 11-Apr-2009, 01:36
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Default Re: Much , Many , A lot of

I, a native [U.S.] speaker, would say "I have a lot of problems," and "We got a lot of snow." And I would say ""I haven't got many problems," and "We didn't get much snow." But there is pretty wide variation in this area, so if you can, ask more speakers.
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Default Re: Much or A Lot 2

a lot of not common in negative sentences
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Old 17-Apr-2009, 21:44
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Default Re: Much or A Lot 2

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Originally Posted by Tdol View Post
'I don't have much time' is natural English, but 'I have much time', though grammatically correct, sounds strange- we tend to use 'a lot of' in the positive.
aw right so you say i dont have much time for him
but i have a lot of time for you
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