79. Much and many 

Much is used with singular nouns. 

Many is used with plural nouns. 

• There aren’t many people who can afford cars. 

• Have you got much work to do? 

Much and many are mostly used in questions and negative sentences. 

They are unusual in affirmative clauses except after words like as, so and too.

 • She has got lots of friends. (More natural than ‘She has got many friends.’)