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- grammar - What is the correct use of Many a? - English Language . . .
Many a girl or the second option is correct Many a always uses a singular noun and is more formal than the word many It is not much common and is used usually in newspapers and famous writings Many a is used to indicate a large number of something
- Should I use is or are in the following how many. . . sentences?
1 In 1 and 2, the question is asking for a number: how many replaces a number, so the verb is are (plural) (Yes, even if the answer turns out to be 1, the question is still plural!) 3 and 4 are not about the number, but about the question "how many" - you could replace "how many" by "the question of how many", which is singular So they need is
- Many and Many of - a subtle difference in meaning?
In "many tiles", "many" is a quantifier that communicates indefiniteness (among other things) In "many of the tiles", the article "the" communicates definiteness, and "many" doesn't have a role any more in telling us about the definiteness of the tiles
- Can I say that many? - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
Examples: How many apples are in the refrigerator? How much milk is in the refrigerator? How many people attended the party? How much wine did we drink last night? How many bottles of wine did we drink last night? And so on Mangoes, like most fruit, are countable With countable nouns, you are correct and would say, "I don't need that many"
- This many vs these many - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
7 The difference between " These many pictures" and " This many pictures" could be referring more to what the speaker wants the qualifying word to apply to - either the many or the pictures
- what does not many equal? - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
Does not many imply a very small number or just a small number? Imagine many is around roughly 100, then what does not many equal?
- Does a range of have the same meaning as a number of or many?
It will depend on context but generally these do not mean the same thing the phrase "a range of" is ususally used to indicate variety, whereas the other two phrases indicate quantity Example: "We keep a range of televisions in stock" is not the same as "We have a number of this model in stock" I switched 'televisions' to 'this model' to highlight the different context for an example
- “How many. . . ” OR “For how many. . . ”? Which one is correct?
To follow up on @StoneyB's comment -- "for how many years" is measuring the duration of an event; it's not comparing two values For example, we can say, "Barack Obama was President of the USA for eight years", or " The Martian was the best-selling book for three weeks"
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