[Grammar] Countable or uncountable?

[vlkn]

Hello everbody and dear teachers,
I want you to answer my question :

" There is not much cherries in myplate." or " There are not many cherries in my plate."
Which one is correct? I am also an English techer but sometimes I can not decide whether it is true or not. I claimed that: Normally fruits are countable but if it is presented you in a plate , you should emphasize the quantity of it by using "much". Could you please help me find the correct answer? Thank you in advance.

 

[SoothingDave]

Cherries are countable. There are not many cherries on my plate.

 

[vlkn]

"There is not much cherries on my plate" Is it completely wrong or grammatically wrong? In other words does it make a sense when it is said like that?

 

[bhaisahab]

"There is not much cherries on my plate" Is it completely wrong or grammatically wrong? In other words does it make a sense when it is said like that?

It's completely wrong.

 

[vlkn]

Thank you everybody.But one more question, sorry for taking your time :-(
Well,, assume that There is an orange on your plate but you ate half of it. In this case can we use " There is not much orange." or how can we emphasize the quantity of it ?

 

[Rover_KE]

You could say cheerfully :-D'There's still half an orange left on my plate', or gloomily 'There's only half an orange left on my plate'.

Rover

 

[vlkn]

So, using "much" with fruits is wrong in a way. Thank you again for sparing your time. C u another grammatical rule.