I hve much/ a lot of salad.

[wotcha]

1. I have much salad.

2. I have a lot of salad.



Is sentence also grammatical?

What can I say to my students if they are wondering about sentence 1?

 

[5jj]

1. I have much salad.

What can I say to my students if they are wondering about sentence 1?

That it's not very natural.

 

[I'm With Stupid]

Well it's simply not correct. You use "much" in negative and question sentences.

How much do you have?
Do you have much butter?
I haven't got much left.

The only positive sentence I can think of where it's used is "we have much to do," which is very old-fashioned.

 

[emsr2d2]

Well it's simply not correct. You use "much" in negative and question sentences.

How much do you have?
Do you have much butter?
I haven't got much left.

The only positive sentence I can think of where it's used is "we have much to do," which is very old-fashioned.

I was about to post the same thing about its use. I always told my students that "much" in a question or a negative statement is probably correct (depending on context) but trying to use it in a positive statement is rarely a good idea and should be avoided just in case.

The positive statement I always give as the "exception" is "I have much to say" because I still say that but only in very specific contexts and usually in terms of "Yes, actually, I have much to say on the subject but I will save it for a more appropriate time".

 

[Chicken Sandwich]

Well it's simply not correct. You use "much" in negative and question sentences.

How much do you have?
Do you have much butter?
I haven't got much left.

The only positive sentence I can think of where it's used is "we have much to do," which is very old-fashioned.

Or after too/so.

I've wasted too much time.
I've wasted so much time.