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many or much (media.piefed.social)
submitted 9 months ago by to c/mathmemes@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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crosspost of https://piefed.social/c/linguistics_humor/p/1691997/many-or-much

Comic strip, 4 panels. Snail asks another snail "English is difficult, when do we use «many» and when do we use «much»?". Another one answears "«Many» is for nouns that are countable, like apples. «Much» is for nouns that are not countable, like water.". The first snail asks again "So we should say «Many rational numbers», and «Much real numbers»?"
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[–] 7 points 9 months ago (1 child)

Many grains can compose much sand. But you're right, I think. We don't think of sand as grains, but as a substance, and say "much sand."

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