2019年6月21日 · "There is a lot of" and "There are a lot of" are both legitimate terms, depending on whether the noun is countable or not. For example: There are a lot of cars. ("cars" is countable) There is a lot of sugar. ("sugar" is not countable) In your example, animals are countable, therefore the sentence should read. There are a lot of animals. or

2011年9月10日 · lot plural, noun, UK, informal: a group of people. You're an ignorant lot! Are you lot coming to lunch? My lot (= children and family generally) won't eat spinach. the lot UK, informal: everything. I made enough curry for three people and he ate the lot. Have I got everything? Is that the lot? I'll sell you the whole lot for only £50.

2016年7月10日 · A lot is how you describe or define the batch, or a portion of the batch, after it has been made for traceability purposes or down-stream processing purposes. For example: For example: "The batch of tablets was designated as lot 1, and lot 1 was packaged into 30-count bottles designated as lot 1-A. Lot 1 was also packaged into unit dose blister ...

2016年7月20日 · I would generally tend to think that "a lot" v "much" corresponds to the "fewer"/"less" debate. We know those grocery store signs should actually say "x items or fewer," given that the word "fewer" implies a countable number--presumably, you could count the number of items in your cart; likewise, if you have 10x the maximum number of items, I would say you …

2023年6月15日 · To convey the meaning of "a lot" or "very much" in relation to apologizing, you can use the adverb "profusely." "Profusely" means in a large amount or to a great degree. It is often used to express sincere apologies or a deep sense of regret. Here's an example: "I apologize profusely for any inconvenience caused."

2016年4月20日 · "I did" is the "simple past" form.We use the Simple Past to express the idea that an action started and finished at a specific time in the past.

polymath is the word used usually, +1 for that. For those curious about the 'math', let us clarify here math means knowledge in general, which perfectly fits.

2014年7月1日 · Thanks a lot is the ordinary use in conversation, or bare thanks! Many thanks is more frequent in writing, particularly in formal writing. Thanks much is unusual. Here's a Google NGram. Keep in mind that the underlying corpus here is printed works, so the more formal phrase is significantly overrepresented.

2017年1月8日 · You can't say "lot of": you can say "lots of" or "a lot of" . Both have exactly the same meaning as "a large number of" but are less formal. Even less formal are "loads of" or "a shed load of". You can use these informal expressions with countable nouns eg people or uncountables eg sugar.

2012年11月12日 · To answer your other question, yes, I'd interpret it to mean the same as "thanks a lot," "thanks a bunch," "thanks a million," or "thanks much" (or, for that matter, just, "Thanks!"). Also, less common doesn't necessarily imply less correct. It all depends on if you want to say something commonly said, or say something that has a bit more ...