many與much的若干用法

1. 兩者都表示“許多”，但 many 修飾或代替可數名詞（復數），與 few（少數）相對；而 much 用來修飾或代替不可數名詞（單數），與little（少量）相對。如：

Did you see many people there? 你在那兒看見許多人了嗎?

Many poets have died young. 許多詩人很年輕就死了。

Do you have much money left? 你剩的錢多嗎?

He doesn’t spend much time preparing his lessons. 他備課不花太多時間。

2. 關于many of 和 much of：

(1) 其后接名詞時，該名詞通常應是特指的（比如有the, these, those, my, our, Tom’s等修飾）。如：

Many of the farmers grow rice. 很多農民種稻子。

Many of his ideas were amusing to her. 他的許多想法使她感到有趣。

He spends much of his time outdoors. 他很多時間都在戶外度過。

Much of the land was flooded. 大片土地被水淹沒。

(2) 如果名詞沒有表特指的限定詞，通常就不用of。如：

她沒有吃多少早餐。

誤：She didn’t eat much of breakfast.

正：She didn’t eat much breakfast.

大玻璃杯剩下的不多了。

誤：There aren’t many of large glasses left.

正：There aren’t many large glasses left.

(3) 如果用了介詞of又沒有特指限定詞，通常是不可以的。如：

誤：Many of students have read it.

正：Many of the students have read it. 許多學生讀過它。

誤：Much of time was wasted.

正：Much of the time was wasted. 大部分時間都浪費了。

(4) 在少數情況下，much of之后不跟限定詞也可以用，這主要見后接人名和地名的情形。如：

Not much of Denmark is hilly. 丹麥山地不多。

I’ve seen too much of Howard recently. 最近我見霍華德見得太多了。

(5) 在人稱代詞前總是用many of或much of，其中的of不能沒有。如：

I didn’t eat much of it. 這個我沒吃多少。

Many of us were too tired to go further. 我們很多人都累得不能再往前走了。

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