What should I use: how much or how many?

Question

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Why do we need to conduct data collection?

- To know *HOW MUCH* the activity goals stated in the planning have been achieved

Answer 1

hello, i figure you're having a hard time figuring out who to believe since one says much and the other says many.

here's a rule of thumb to note so that you don't get confused in the future: MANY is used for more than one item that can be counted (can be a person or thing. eg, monkeys, paperclips, pencils, shoes, watches, etc.). MUCH is used for more than one item that cannot be easily counted or that are a part of a whole (mud, sand, electricity, rice, hair, part of a cake/lollipop/snicker bar/potato etc.).

but please take note: if you're only talking about a say 3 grains of rice, or 4 strands of hair then you use the word many. if you're talking about the sand on the beach, the rice in the ricepot, or the hairs on a person's head, it'ld be much because it can't be easily counted.

so in answer to your question:

i would like to rephrase the answer for you since your answer is confusing and doesn't sound right somehow: "To find out from our plan (the plan) HOW MANY activity goals were achieved."

hope i got my message across :)

Answer 2

How many is used in cases where individual items are involved. How many apples are in that barrel?

How much refers to volume of a non-specific mass. How much applesauce do we have?

In your case, there would be a specific number of goals, so it would be how many, or you could skip the issue entirely and say something about how well the goals have been met.

Answer 3

How much

How Many would be used to see amounts of people

"To know how many people were affected by the goals being achieved."