Much or A Lot 2

She doesn't have ___ free time


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johnnycage

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a lot of not common in negative sentences
 

Lirazyeru

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'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
? :)
 

iFranKlin

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As I am a new member here and non a native speaker, I would like to know that just to makre sure using much with negative and a lot of or it does not matter at all !!
Because it is really confused me !! :)

thanks a lot.
 

Tdol

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iFrankliin, you can use much or a lot of with a negative. ;-)
 

suman1779

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Sorry, don't understand the question?but in my view a lot is it's answer.
 

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Both can be used with uncountable nouns so both of them are correct in my opinion
 
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