Sloansmoans Many (2024)

FAQs

What is the rule for too much too many enough? ›

We use too many before countable nouns and too much before uncountable nouns. There are too many shops here - we can't go to them all. I did too much shopping yesterday - I haven't got any money now. We use enough + noun to say 'all that is necessary'.

"Too many" indicates an excessive quantity of something, while "to many" is not a standard phrase in English, thus incorrect. "Many" pairs with countable nouns, and "much" with uncountable nouns. When expressing quantity in the sentence, "too many" is correct for excess, while "to many" is never acceptable.

We can use too much before an uncountable noun and too many before a plural noun, or without a noun when the noun is obvious: I bought too much food. We had to throw some of it away. There are too many cars on the road.

The phrase "too many" is the correct answer because it indicates an excessive amount of mistakes made in the test.

The word too means more than sufficient or more or less than necessary. For example, “It's s too late to stop him”. However, enough is used to mean sufficient which can be stated by the example “Your clothes are big enough to fit me”.

Too much and too many is used to express an amount or number that is more than enough. So much and so many is used to express an uncertain amount or number.

What is the difference between a lot and too many? ›

A lot often means many, but unlike too many or too much, which are adverbial phrases with negative connotations, a lot is neutral and can be used for good things, bad things, or neutral things (or things where their quality is unknown).

They are both correct but used in different ways within a sentence. As an adverb that modifies adjectives and other adverbs, and meaning "excessively": My bedroom is much too cluttered. As a determiner indicating an excessive quantity of something: It contains too much stuff.

Homework is an uncountable noun, therefore it should be modified by much or a lot of, not many. Because it is an uncountable noun and is not used in the plural as it is always singular. I don't have much homework today The teacher gave us a lot of homework. Tim has four pieces of homework to complete for today.

'Much/many' is an adjective expressing quantity or amount. Many of this sort of adjective have plural forms which must be used when the noun is plural. Another example of a quantative adjective would be 'few' and 'a little'. 'Expectations' is a plural noun so the plural form 'many' must be used.

Choice overload makes it harder for us to make decisions, and it can make us feel so overwhelmed that we just give up, putting off the choice until later. This can have serious consequences if it leads us to procrastinate on important decisions indefinitely.

Much is used to describe mass nouns or noncount nouns like juice, rice, patience, and happiness. When using much, the noun will always be singular; it cannot be plural. Many is used to describe count nouns or nouns that can be counted like books, ideas, leaves, and shoes.

Summary. Use too for negative situations and enough for positive ones. Too comes before the adjective or adverb it's describing, while enough comes after the adjective or adverb. Enough comes before a noun, whereas too is never used before a noun.

We use too much or too many + noun to mean more than we want or need of something. I've got too many books. She drinks too much coffee.

The word too means more than sufficient or more or less than necessary. For example, “It's s too late to stop him”. However, enough is used to mean sufficient which can be stated by the example “Your clothes are big enough to fit me”.