MUCH AND MANY

much or many

When do we use much and when do we use many?
We use:
much with uncountable nouns in singular and
many with countable nouns in plural.
Look at our examples of countable/uncountable nouns.
We often use much/many in questions and negations.
We normally use a lot of/lots of in affirmative sentences.

much	much milk much money much time much water
many	many glasses of milk many dollars many hours many bottles of water

Examples:
How much money do you have? - I don't have much left.

How many dollars do you have? - I don't have many left.
In informal English these questions are often answered with a lot of/lots of. There is no much difference between the two phrases.
Note: We use much or many after as, so and too. It is wrong to use a lot of/lots with these words. (We have so a lot of homework to do.)
We have so much homework to do.
We have too much homework to do.