[Grammar] There's so much that people love about their iPhones.

[kadioguy]

(In the Apple Event)

Tim Cook:
There's so much that people love about their iPhones. They love how easy it is to use, how it connects people in personal ways, how it elevates photography, keeps us informed and keeps us entertained.
With a powerful ecosystem of apps in the App Store, iPhone enables people to do more and more things every day.

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1.
Why is "much" used, rather than "many"?

Can I take it to mean something like "There's so much (quality) that people love about their iPhones"?

2.
What do you think about this variation? (by me)

There's so many (reasons/features) that people love about their iPhones.

Does it also sound natural to native speakers?

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(The source) https://youtu.be/KR0g-1hnQPA at 13:37

 

[Tarheel]

I would say it's the same as so many things, thus:

There are so many things that people love about their iPhones.

(Some people would probably find your sentence natural. I don't like it much, but it's not terrible.)

 

[kadioguy]

I would say it's the same as so many things, thus:

There are so many things that people like about their iPhones.

Thank you.

But what does the "much" in the original mean? Much (quality)?

 

[Tarheel]

He is talking quantity. Note that after that sentence he goes on to name several things. That's why I said it's the same as so many things. He is talking about all the features it has.

 

[Rover_KE]

What do you think about this variation? (by me)

There's so many (reasons/features) that people love about their iPhones.

Does it also sound natural to native speakers?

You can't use reasons unless you continue ... why people love their iPhones.

More natural would be There are so many features that people love about their iPhones.

 

[kadioguy]

He is talking quantity.

So does the sentence mean something like:

People love so much about their iPhones.

 

[teechar]

Why is "much" used, rather than "many"?

"Many" on its own is typically used to refer to people, so it's not appropriate here.
Here, "so much" means "a lot". Does that help clarify it for you?

What do you think about this variation? (by me)
There's so many (reasons/features) that people love about their iPhones.

No.
Say:
There are so many reasons that people love their iPhones. (no "about").
iPhones have so many features that people love.

 

[kadioguy]

Here, "so much" means "a lot". Does that help clarify it for you?

Yes, but If you don't mind, I would like to know what "much" (or "a lot") refers to. For example, "much staff" or something.

There are so many reasons that people love their iPhones. (no "about").

You can't use reasons unless you continue ... why people love their iPhones.

It seems that I got two different opinions. :-?

 

[tzfujimino]

It's semantically odd/ungrammatical to use "about" in that sentence, so delete it and use either "that" or "why".

 

[GoesStation]

There's so much that people love about their iPhones.

Yes, but If you don't mind, I would like to know what "much" (or "a lot") refers to. For example, "much staff" or something.

You misspelled the word, but if you were aiming for "stuff", it works perfectly.

 

[kadioguy]

Thank you all.

Here is a summary of our discussion. Sentence (a), (b) and (c) can be all used. Am I right?

a. There is so much (stuff)/a lot (of stuff) that people love about their iPhones.

b. There are so many reasons that/why people love their iPhones.

c. iPhones have so many features that people love.

 

[teechar]

Yes.

 

[teechar]

Here's one more correction.

[STRIKE]
In[/STRIKE] At the Apple Event

We use "in" with "event" (in the event of something), to mean if something happens.
For example,
In the event of an emergency, do not use the lift.

When we are talking about an occasion, we use "at" (as in your example above).
Also, if the name of the event did not have the word "event" in it, then say: "At some Apple event".