1、many和 much的用法(作形容词和代词)A many和 much many(形容词)用在可数名词之前。much(形容词)用在不可数名词之前。He didnt make many mistakes他没犯多少错。We havent much coffee家里的咖啡不多了。many和 much的比较级和最高级形式相同,都是 more和 most:more mistakescoffee 更多的错误咖啡most mendamage 几乎全部的男士几乎所有的损害many,much,more,most 可作代词使用:He gets a lot of letters but she doesnt get
2、many他收到的信很多,可她的信不多。You have a lot of free time but I havent much你有许多空闲时间,可我没有。more和 most的用法较灵活,many 和 much在否定动词后面用得比较多(见上文的例子),但 many和much在肯定动词和疑问动词后用法较受限制。B many和 much与肯定动词连用many前加上 a goodgreat 时可与肯定动词连用。many 与 much用 soas/too 修饰时也可以与肯定动词连用。I made a good many friends there我在那里交了许多朋友。He has had so ma
3、ny jobs that他做过了这么多种工作,以致She read as much as she could她尽量多读书。They drink too much(gin)他们(杜松子酒)喝得太多了。many是宾语或宾语的一部分而前面不加任何修饰语时,常常被 a lot/lots of(+名词)或 a lot,lots(代词)代替。much 是宾语或宾语的一部分时常常被 a greatgood deal of(+名词)或agreatgood deal(代词)代替:I saw a lotlots of seabirdsI expect you saw a lot too我看到了许多海鸟。想必你也看
4、到了许多。He spends a lotlots of/a great deal of money on his house他在房子上花很多钱。既可以用 many也可以用 a lot(of)作主语或作主语的一部分,但这里的 much通常由其他形式代替。但 much在正规英语中是允许这样用的:Much will depend on what the minister says很多事要取决于部长怎么说。试将肯定句和否定句作一比较:He hasnt won many races他没有赢过几次比赛。Youve won a lotlots of racesYouve won a lotYouve won
5、 a greatmany(races)你赢过多次比赛。He didnt eat much fruit他没有吃多少水果。She ate a lot/lotsa great deal of fruitShe ate a lota great deal她吃了大量的水果。C many和 much与疑问动词连用两者前都可加 how:How many times?多少次?How much?多少?在不用 how的问句中,many 也可使用。如预期得到的是肯定的回答,则最好使用 a lot(of):Did you take a lot of photos?I expect you did你拍了许多照片吗?我想你拍了。用 much时不加 how是可行的,但其他的几种用法更常见:Did you have a lot of snow/much snow last year?去年你们那儿雪下得多吗?