Much or A Lot

[Casiopea]

Originally Posted by tdol

You could say:

Much was said....

Couldn't you?

As a noun, yes.

a) much = a lot: A lot was said.
b) much = more than some: Much (of this) was said. ellipsis

:D

[Mihai_alexandru]

Well, in my English book it says that I can use much in a positive sentence, only that it implies a formal usage. So i chose both of the variants. (by the way, is "variants" correct? )