Much, Many, A Lot of, Lots of

Common Mistakes

I have much work at the moment.

I have a lot of work at the moment.

How much times have you been there?

How many times have you been there?

Was there much people?

Were there many people?

You don’t need many money to do this.

You don’t need much / a lot of money to do this.

There are many evidences to support this view.

There is a lot of evidence to support this view.

There are many softwares to do this.

There are many software applications / is a lot of software to do this.

I have a lot of / lots of / many friends.

I don’t have many (a lot of) enemies.

I have a lot of time.

I don’t have much (a lot of) time.

We have a lot of information.

We do not have much information.

Does he earn a lot of / lots of / much money?

much - used with uncountable nouns, generally in negative and interrogative.

a lot of - used with all nouns, typically in the affirmative but also in the interrogative.

lots of - can replace a lot of in affirmative, but lots of is not suitable for formal situations. lots of is very rarely used in negative phrases, and is also quite rare in questions.

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