Oct 01, 2018 10:52 pm
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.