many意思是“很多”,与可数名词复数连用;much意思是“很多”,与不可数名词连用。
它们在句中可作主语、宾语和定语等。
如:I don’t have many friends here.(在这里我没有很多的朋友。)
/Many died in the bus accident.(许多人在公交车祸中丧失) /
We can learn much with the help of him.(在他的帮助之下我们能学到很多)
many和much一般用于否定句,肯定句中通常用a lot of 或者lots of;
many / much用于肯定句时可以在前面加上so、very或too.
如: There are a lot of people on the playground.(操场上有许多的人)/
They haven’t got much work to do.(他们没有多少事情可做) /
There are too many people in the room.(房间里人太多了。)