1)many,much都表示“许多”,many修饰可数名词复数,much修饰不可数名词。many,much构成的词组有：toomany,too much; so much, so many; a great many(修饰可数名词复数)。
【例如】
There are many peasants working in the field.Did you spend much time on your work? You have made so manymistakes that I even don't know how to correct them.As a student, one should read a great many books whichare essential to enriching one's knowledge.
7、针对数量提问的特殊疑问句的基本结构是：
How many +名词复数+ are there +介词短语？
How much +不可数名词+ is there +介词短语？
Many和Much用法
①many和much都作“许多”解，但many用于修饰可数名词，而much修饰不可数名词。例如：
1. China has many oil fields.中国有许多油田。
2. In our view, there is much oil here.在我们看来，这里有许多石油。
②代词many和名词much用法举例：
1. Many of the students want to sum up the past experience before going on.许多学生（原意为：学生中间有许多人）要总结一下过去经验在继续干。
2. Much of the waste acid is utilized.废酸中大部分被利用了。
③“much（副词）+比较级”作“……得多”解：
1. The sun is much large than the moon.太阳比月亮大得多了。
2. This problem seems much more difficult than that one.
这道题似乎比那道题难得多。
3. We turned back a much larger enemy force.我们把力量强得多的敌人顶了回去。
④副词much修饰动词、过去分词时作“十分”解：
1. We all love Beijing very much.我们大家都非常热爱北京。
2. We are much interested in heat utilization.我们对热量利用十分感兴趣。
注：上述两种句子，一般不能用very代替much。
有时much也可修饰作表语用的形容词：
It is much the same.差不多相同。
⑤many和much的一些常用词组：
many a time许多次how many books多少书how much water多少水
as much (many)同样多as much (many) as像……那么多
倍数+as much (many) as………的……倍（那么多）much less何况（用于否定）
much more何况（用于肯定）
注1：much和many的比较级和最高级都是more和most，分别详见第337页和225页。“more（或most）+形容词或
2. Many a time have they been to Beijing.（注意Many a time作状语位于句首时，后面要引起主语、谓语颠倒现象，因为many a time和often近义，often位于句首时也引起主语、谓语颠倒。）他们去过北京多次。
much加不可数名词，如much milk
many加可数名词复数，如many apples
How many加可数名词复数，如How many pears
How much加不可数名词，如How much water
How much也可用于问价钱，如How much are the apples？意思是这些苹果多少钱？这是How many与How much的最大区别
2 many和much的用法：
〔1）many修饰复数可数名词，表许多；much修饰不可数名词，表量或程度。
He has many friends, but few true ones.
There hasn’t been much good weather recently.
（2）many a:
many a和many同义，但语气比较强，并且要与单数名词及单数形动词连用。
Many a prisoner has been set free. (=Many prisoners have been set free.)
〔3〕as many和so many均等于the same number of。前有as, like时,只用so many。
These are not all the books I have. These are as many more upstairs.
They worked like so many ants.
（4）as much等于the same amount of,表同量和同一事情。
He bought two pounds of sugar and as much tea.〔同量）
I was not in the least surprised, for I had fully expected as much.〔同一事情）（5）many和much之后不接名词时，作为代名词；另外much也可用副词。
Many of them were very tired.
I don’t eat much for lunch. 〔代名词）
He is much taller than I.（副词〕
