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Is I have much money correct?
If you really wanted a single word, you can use the idiomatic phrase “big money”: I have big money. Or the dominantly British “good money”: I have good money.
Is it correct to say how much money?
‘How much money’ is the correct answer. Much is used for uncountable, singular nouns. Money cannot be counted but currency notes and coins can.
How much or how many money do you have?
You’ll see. As for one who learnt English later, I was taught that, as a general rule, it is “how many” for countables and it is “how much” for uncountables. For specific example, “money”, they say “how much money” because money is “uncountable” (according to them)…
Can I say much money?
Hi. Money is an uncountable noun. We can count the notes and coins but money as such is uncountable. Therefore, we use ‘much’ with money and not ‘many’.
How do you use much in a sentence?
Much sentence example
- How much did you pay for it?
- How much is it, Dad?
- Thank you so much for helping, Jonathan.
- A good book would sometimes cost as much as a good house.
- Had they argued that much at his father’s house?
- He could not hold out much longer.
- The boy felt very much ashamed.
Why do we use much for money?
Money is an uncountable noun. We can count the notes and coins but money as such is uncountable. Therefore, we use ‘much’ with money and not ‘many’. In that sense money is like wealth.
Can you say a lot of money?
“We have a lot of money” is correct. “a lot” is the correct phrase, not simply “lot”. “lot” is a singular noun, so it usually requires a determiner – in this case “a”.
Why is much used for money?
Because many is used with count nouns and much is used with noncount nouns, the sentence should read “How much does this cost” or “How much money does this cost?” In the sentence “How much does this cost” the word money is not explicitly stated.
How can I start a sentence with much?
Much and many are used in negative and interrogative sentences. They are used in affirmative sentences but in this case much or many begin the sentence. However this is normally when the meaning of the sentence is negative. Much is used with non-count nouns.
Is it grammatically correct to say I have much money?
You can use “much”, but not by itself. The following is grammatical: I have big money. I have good money. I have much money. The sentence isn’t ungrammatical, but it sounds unusual or too formal. I don’t have much money. Does he have much money? I have money galore.
Is the sentence ‘I spent much money’ really that bad?
Personally, I don’t think the sentence, “I spent much money.” sounds that bad, nor does its negation, “I did not spend much money.”. That said, it does sound better to my ears to replace “much” with “a lot of”. Thanks for contributing an answer to English Language & Usage Stack Exchange!
How do you use the word much in a sentence?
I spent much money. I came home poorer. The problem is that much is not a regular adjective. It’s modern classification is as a determiner and pronoun or an adverb. None of the below sound correct, because the sentences try to get it to behave like an adjective:
Do we have to use “much” or “a lot of”?
We have to use “much” instead (or “a lot of” or another expression that can be used both with countable and uncountable nouns). For example: correct My parents don’t have much money. correct My parents don’t have a lot of money.