Como usar “many”, “much”, “plenty of”, “a lot of”
As expressões a lot of, plenty of e a great deal of são usadas preferivelmente nas orações afirmativas.
Nas perguntas e negativas, normalmente usamos much ou many.
Compare:
• I have a lot of work to do. (I have much work to do. - NÃO!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
• Do you have much work to do? (Mais natural do que ‘Do you have a lot of work to do?’)
• No, I don’t have much work to do. (Mais natural do que ‘No, I don’t have a lot of work to do’)
• Plenty of people want to buy cars.
• Are there many people who want cars?
• Yes, but there aren’t many people who can afford them. (There aren’t plenty of people who can afford them. - NÃO!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
Many é usado de vez em quando na afirmativa, mas much quase nunca é usado desta forma.
As expressões a lot of, plenty of e a great deal of quase nunca são usadas na negativa, mas de vez em quando são usadas em perguntas.
