many vs much
Definitions
adjective
- a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by `as' or `too' or `so' or `that'; amounting to a large but indefinite number
Examples
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Sodium thiopental was used by most U.S. states as part of a lethal injection combination, but many have switched to an alternative drug called pentobarbital amid an ongoing shortage.
It might as well be closed, because in many American hospitals you're simply shooed from the windowsill after you've been nursed back to health (usually in 72 hours or less), and you're expected to "fly" on your own.
Definitions
adverb
- to a very great degree or extent
- to a great degree or extent
- (degree adverb used before a noun phrase) for all practical purposes but not completely
- frequently or in great quantities
- very
noun
- a great amount or extent
adjective
- (quantifier used with mass nouns) great in quantity or degree or extent
Examples
Mix together with as few stirs as possible - mixing too much will make the muffins too dense and heavy.
Having drop-dead gorgeous, private, windowed offices makes it a lot easier to recruit the kinds of superstars that produce ten times as much as the merely brilliant software developers.
It bothered me a little that I didn't have a pickup, and I couldn't see doing much off road driving with my Mustang fastback.
