Like the adjective and pronoun many, many a/an... is used to indicate a large number of something. However, it takes a singular noun, which can be followed by a singular verb. Here are some examples: It remained a mystery for many a year. [=for many years] I've been there many a time. [=many times] Many a politician has promised to make changes.

2020年5月17日 · 2) many of + [personal] pronoun; 3) many + plural countable noun; 4) many + a + singular countable noun ( a similar meaning to 3), yet more formal ); 5) the + many + plural countable noun ( a more definite meaning ); Nevertheless, "Many" can be used in the comparative structures as well as a pronoun ( recommended for more formal occasions ). e.g.

2021年3月20日 · In 1 and 2, the question is asking for a number: how many replaces a number, so the verb is are (plural). (Yes, even if the answer turns out to be 1, the question is still plural!) 3 and 4 are not about the number, but about the question "how many" - you could replace "how many" by "the question of how many", which is singular. So they need is.

2017年1月5日 · The difference between "These many pictures" and "This many pictures" could be referring more to what the speaker wants the qualifying word to apply to - either the many or the pictures. So "I always take these many pictures" begins to sound like you always take those exact pictures (like the same pictures over and over) which happen to be "many".

2016年7月23日 · Every time I hear someone use "multiple" when "many" is the right word, I want to throw up. It's that bad for those of us who speak English correctly. 'Multiple' means 'containing many subparts'. A multiple homicide is a killing that involves many individual homicides. A multiple choice question is a question consisting of several possible answers.

"Several" and "multiple" both mean two or more. Either is acceptable here, and in context I think they would mean the same thing. Maybe, possibly, "several" would tend to make people think of a small number, 2 or 3 or 4; while "multiple" could imply a larger number. At some point we'd say "many" or some other word clearly indicating a large number.

2020年2月8日 · Some is an unspecified number, more than two (or an unspecified quantity of something uncountable).A few is an unspecified small number, but more than two.

"Many" is less formal than that, but more than "a lot": We've many things to do. But it can only be used with countable nouns. Don't use: That's many money. Then there are some versions that are formal, but only work in some cases: There wasn't a wide range of choices. ("Wide range" is singular, so weren't needs to become wasn't.)

2021年2月27日 · There are many spaces where I feel comfortable being myself. space: An empty position in text. There is usually a space after a period at the end of a sentence. You can press the spacebar multiple times to insert multiple spaces.

2019年7月12日 · Not specifying how many years. i.e. saying: two years ago. a few years ago. several years ago. Then we can assume that it is so many years ago that we have forgotten the exact time period. Hence, "years ago" tends to imply a long time.