Apa perbedaan 'a lot of', 'lot of', 'plenty of', 'much', dan 'many' serta bagaimana contoh kalimatnya?

Much dan many memiliki arti ‘banyak’. Much diikuti uncountable noun, sementara many diikuti countable noun.

Contoh:

• much time
• much luck
• much energy
• much money
• many friends
• many people
• many cars
• many countries

Kita menggunakan a lot (of)/lot (of), plenty of untuk dirangkai dengan uncountable dan plural noun.

Contoh:

• a lot of/lots of/ plenty of time
• a lot of/lots of/plenty of luck
• a lot of/lots of/ plenty of energy
• a lot of/lots of/ plenty of money
• a lot of/lots of/plenty of friends
• a lot of/lots of/plenty of people
• a lot of/lots of/ plenty of cars
• a lot of/lots of/plenty of countries

Plenty mengandung pengertian ‘lebih dari cukup’.

Contoh:

• ‘Have some more to eat!’—No, thank you. I’ve had plenty.’
• ‘There’s no need to hurry. We’ve got plenty of time.’

Kita menggunakan many/much utamanya dalam kalimat pertanyaan dan negatif. Dalam kalimat positif kita lebih cenderung menggunakan a lot of.

Contoh:

• We didn’t spend much money.
• Have you got many friends?
• We spent a lot of money.
• There has been a lot of rain recently.

Bila dirangkai dengan kata too (terlalu) very (sangat) dan so (begitu) kita menggunakan many dan much, walaupun dalam kalimat pernyataan.

Contoh:

• I can’t drink this tea. There’s too much sugar in it.