many は、数えられる数の多いものを表すために使用します。疑問文や否定文で最も一般的に使用します。

Were there many children at the party?

I don’t have many relatives. We’re a small family.

many を not と一緒に使うことができます。つまり、 ‘ few ‘ を意味します。

Not many people realise that the mathematical notion of ‘zero’ is a relatively recent invention.

通常、肯定文で名詞の前に many を単独で使用することはありません。

There were a lot of people at the swimming pool this morning.

否： There were many people …

ただし、肯定的なステートメントで lots of 、むしろ形式的な文脈で a lot of many (of ) を使用することがあります。

Many politicians have suffered at the hands of the popular press. （丁寧）

Many of his friends and colleagues were shocked upon hearing of his sudden death. （丁寧）

名詞の後に関係節が続く場合 (後置修飾子として機能する)、肯定文でフォーマルな状況で many を使用することがよくあります。

There are many elderly people who have never touched a computer in their lives.

very, a great または so で many を変更できます。

Very many people have complained about the situation.

There were a great many questions which were left unanswered at the end of the investigation.

Why do so many people watch reality TV shows?

式はいくつ as many as 使用できます 驚くべき、またはショッキングな高い数値について話すには:

As many as 5,000 people are believed to have died in the earthquake.

式 in as many いくつでも使用できます 「同じ数で」を意味する：

He doesn’t seem to be very lucky in love. He’s had three girlfriends in as many months. （彼には3か月で3人のガールフレンドがいます。）