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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.

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Default Re: Much or A Lot 2

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?
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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.
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Default Re: Much or A Lot 2

"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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