can you put examples.
2007-12-03 08:15:42 · 11 answers · asked by Bill Rammej 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
'How much' is used with uncountable nouns (with no plural):
'How much time / wine / money / information do you need?
'How many' is used with countable nouns (nouns that can be made plural)
'How many books / bottles of wine / potatoes do you need?
2007-12-03 08:24:03 · answer #1 · answered by vilgessuola 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
How many is a question of numbers
examples
How many times have I said don't
How many times has this happened.
How much can be emphasizing on
cost
for example
how much does this cost.
how much can also deal with
time
how much time does one dedicate
2007-12-03 08:27:44 · answer #2 · answered by sweet_blue 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
how much refers to more than one thing, a group of things, or cost and how many refers to a bunch of individual things.
" How much homework do you have?"
"Homework" is a general subject and can have more than one thing in it
" How many subjects do you have?"
"Subjects" is plural and can be many individual things
Hope you understand!
2007-12-03 08:50:13 · answer #3 · answered by rabiauddin248 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Use "how many" when you are referring to a specific amount of something that you can count.
Use "how much" when you are referring to something that you can't count, like a volume of liquid.
"How many sandwiches are on the plate?"
"How much milk is in the glass?"
2007-12-03 08:20:15 · answer #4 · answered by daniel 4 · 5⤊ 0⤋
if you were to say how much, it could be used in a question like this; "How much does it cost?" or "How much space does it take up?"
whereas how many would be used like this; "How many lollies would you like?" and "How many times was that done?"
=] Hope I helped and didn't confuse [=
2007-12-03 08:22:37 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
"How many" is a query usually reserved for questions that can be answered numerically without qualification --(How many days till Chistmas ?).A: Three. "How much" is usually used for quantity qualifying ---(How much milk did she use in that recipe ? ) A: Three cups.
2007-12-03 08:21:13 · answer #6 · answered by *ifthatswhatyoureinto* 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How much ? mean the amount something costs
How much is that t-shirt?
How many? means the amount they are
How many shoes do you have ?
i hope it helped
2007-12-03 08:20:25 · answer #7 · answered by pocahontas 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think with "how much" you should use when can get fractions or partials (you need to measure). "how many" seems like you would only use it for whole things (you don't need to measure).
2007-12-03 08:26:29 · answer #8 · answered by stephanie b 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"How much?" may ask how much something costs, or it may ask the volume of something.
"How many?" is asking for an exact count of individuals.
2007-12-03 08:20:58 · answer #9 · answered by FUNdie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
how much does this cost?
how many fish are in the ocean?
2007-12-03 08:19:30 · answer #10 · answered by pommer 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋