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2. We use 'a lot of' and 'plenty of' with countable and uncountable nouns in affirmative sentences. Both can agree with a plural or singular ... Forums Dictionarysearch:  English-Spanish English-French English-Italian English-German English-Dutch English-Russian English-Portuguese English-Polish English-Romanian English-Swedish English-Czech English-Greek English-Turkish English-Chinese English-Japanese English-Korean English-Arabic Spanish-English French-English Italian-English German-English Dutch-English Russian-English Portuguese-English Polish-English Romanian-English Swedish-English Czech-English Greek-English Turkish-English Chinese-English Japanese-English Korean-English Arabic-English Spanish-French Spanish-Portuguese Spanish-Catalan French-Spanish Portuguese-Spanish Englishdefinition Englishsynonyms Englishcollocations Englishusage Italiandefinition Spanishdefinition Spanishsynonyms Catalandefinition Spanish French Italian Login Register What'snew Search Rules/Help/FAQ Members InterfaceLanguage Menu Login Register Installtheapp Install Forums EnglishOnly EnglishOnly Youareusinganoutofdatebrowser.Itmaynotdisplaythisorotherwebsitescorrectly.Youshouldupgradeoruseanalternativebrowser. many/much/alotof/plentyof/lotsof Threadstarter happyday Startdate Mar12,2008 H happyday SeniorMember Russia Hello, IlookedthroughalotofthreadsontheforumandIwouldliketosummarizemyknowledge. 1.Weuse'many'withcountablenounsand'much'withuncountableonesinnegativesentencesandquestions.'Many'agreeswithapluralverb,'much'agreeswithasingularverb.Wehaven'tgotmuchtime.​ Howmanybooksdidyoubuy?​ 2.Weuse'alotof'and'plentyof'withcountableanduncountablenounsinaffirmativesentences.Bothcanagreewithapluralorsingularverbdependingonthenounafter'of'-pluralforcountablenounsandsingularforuncountableones.Therearealotofchairsintheroom.​ Thereareplentyofchairsintheroom.​ Thereisalotofmilkinthefridge.​ Thereisplentyofmilkinthefridge.​ 3.Weuse'lotsof'withcountableanduncountablenouns.ItisclearformethatIshoulduseapluralverbwithcountablenous:Therearelotsofchairsintheroom.​ ButwhichverbshouldIusewithuncountablenouns?Ican'tuseapluralverbbecausethenouninuncountable,butitseemsratherawkwardtouseasingularverbhere:Thereislotsofmilkinthefridge.​WhereamIwrong? Thankseverybody.   cyberpedant SeniorMember NorthAdams,MA EnglishUSA,Northeast,NYC "There'salotofmilkinthefridge"ishowanyAEspeakerwouldsayit.   H happyday SeniorMember Russia DoesitmeanthatIcan'tuse'lotsof'withuncountablenouns?   R Real-LO NewMember U.S.A.-English Youcanactuallyuseitthatway! "Thereislotsofmilkinthefridge." It'sabitweirdlooking,Iknow,butitworksineverydayEnglish.AmericanEnglish,thatis,Ican'tspeakforBritishEnglish. Imean,youwouldn'tsay"Therearelotsofmilkinthefridge."That'sawkward.   Youmustloginorregistertoreplyhere. Share: Facebook Twitter Reddit WhatsApp Email Share Link Forums EnglishOnly EnglishOnly Top