Much, many, a lot of, lots ofの違い、意味と使い分け簡単説明
量、量、程度について話すために量指定子を much, many , a lot of, lots of を使用します。名詞とともに (限定詞として) または名詞なしで (代名詞として) 使用できます。
名詞付きの Much, many
much は単数形の不可算名詞で、 many は複数形の名詞で使用します。
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I haven’t got much change. I’ve only got a ten euro note.
Are there many campsites near you?
質問と否定
私たちは通常、質問 (?) と否定 (-) で much と many を使用します。
Is there much unemployment in that area?
How many eggs are in this cake?
Do you think many people will come?
It was pouring with rain but there wasn’t much wind.
There aren’t many women priests.
肯定
肯定句では、よりフォーマルなスタイルで much many ことを使用することがあります。
There is much concern about drug addiction in the US.
He had heard many stories about Yanto and he knew he was trouble.
非公式のスタイルでは a lot of または lots of を使用することを好みます。
I went shopping and spent a lot of money.
Not: I went shopping and spent much money 。
以下も参照してください。
Much of, many of
冠詞 ( a/an, the )、指示詞 ( this, that )、所有格 ( my, your )、または代名詞 ( him, them ) の前に much または many を使用する場合、以下を使用する必要が of ます。
How much of this book is fact and how much is fiction?
Claude, the seventeenth-century French painter, spent much of his life in Italy.
Unfortunately, not many of the photographers were there.
How many of them can dance, sing and act?
This much, that much
誰かと顔を合わせて話しているとき、量を示すために手のジェスチャーで this much と that much を使用できます。
[スピーカーは指で少量を示します]
I only had that much cake.
A lot of 、 lots of 名詞付き
私たち lots of インフォーマルなスタイルで a lot of ます。 Lots of a lot of A lot of と lot lots of は両方とも複数形で使用できます 可算名詞と、肯定、否定、疑問文の単数不可算名詞:
We’ve got lots of things to do.
That’s a lot of money.
There weren’t a lot of choices.
Can you hurry up? I don’t have a lot of time.
Are there a lot of good players at your tennis club?
Have you eaten lots of chocolate?
以下も参照してください。
Much 、 many 、 a lot of 、 lots of : 否定的な質問
否定的な質問で much と many を使用する場合、通常、大量の何かがそこにないことを期待しています。 a lot of lots of 否定的な質問を使用する場合、通常、大量の何かを期待しています。
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話者は、彼らが少量のチケットを販売したことを期待しています。 |
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話者は、彼らが大量のチケットを販売したことを期待しています。 |
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話し手は、少量の食べ物が残っていることを期待しています。 |
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話し手は、大量の食べ物が残っていることを期待しています。 |
Much 、 many 、 a lot 、 lots :名詞なし
名詞が明らかな場合、私たちは通常、名詞を much, many 度も省略し a lot, lots 。
A:Would you like some cheese?
B:Yes please but not too much 。 (チーズは入れすぎない)
A:Can you pass me some envelopes?
B:many? How (封筒は何枚ですか?)
A:How many people came?
B:A lot 。 (または Lots 。)
比較形容詞と副詞が多い: Much much older, much faster
より強力な比較を行うために、比較形容詞と副詞の前に much を使用できます。
Sometimes the prices in the local shop are much better than the supermarket’s prices.
I feel much calmer now I know she’s safe. (以前よりもずっと落ち着いていました)
She’s walking much more slowly since her operation. (以前よりずっとゆっくり)
Too much 、 too many て、 so much so many
Too much , too many 名詞付き
much や many 前に too をよく使います。 「必要以上に」という意味です。 数えられない名詞の前で使い too much しまう 複数名詞の前に too many 、または名詞が明らかな場合に名詞なしで:
I bought too much food. We had to throw some of it away.
They had a lot of work to do. Too much . (働き過ぎ)
There are too many cars on the road. More people should use public transport.
There are 35 children in each class. It’s too many . (子供が多すぎる)
So much , so many 名詞付き
very に much の何かを強調 many ために肯定句で so を使用します。
He has so much money!
否定: He has very much money!
There were so many jobs to do.
As much as as many as
数量に関連する比較を行いたい場合は、次のように使用 as much as as many as 。
Try and find out as much information as you can.
You can ask as many questions as you want.
以下も参照してください。
Much 、 many a lot of 、 lots of : 典型的なエラー
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much は数えられない名詞と一緒に、 many は可算名詞と一緒に使います。
It doesn’t need much effort.
ノー: It doesn’t need many effort 。
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私たちは通常、非公式の肯定句では、 many lots of よりも much a lot of 使用します。
There are a lot of monuments and a lot of historic buildings in Rome.
注: There are many monuments and many historic buildings in Rome ます。
She gave me a lot of information.
Not: She gave me much information 。
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冠詞 ( a/an, the )、指示 ( this, that )、所有格 ( my, your )、または代名詞 ( him, them ) のない名詞の直前に来る場合 of after much または many は使用しません。
They haven’t made many friends here.
Not: They haven’t made many of friends here 。
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名詞なし a lot of ません。
A:Do many people work in your building?
B:Yes. Quite a lot 。 (かなり多い人)
ない: Quite a lot of .