(6) much of有時可用于一個還有不定冠詞的名詞前。如：

You can’t see much of a country in a week. 一周之內看一個國家看不了多少地方。

How much of a job would it be to rebuild the garage? 重建這個車庫工作量會是多少?

not much of a 有時可用于名詞前表示某人對某物或某人評價不高。如：

Then he’s not much of a partner. 那時他不是什么了不起的合伙人。

That might not seem like much of an accomplishment. 那似乎算不上什么成就。

3. 兩者都可與 more 連用，其區別仍然是 many more之后接復數名詞，much more 之后接不可數名詞。如：

There have been many more burglaries this year. 今年盜竊案比過去多好些。

His car cost much more money than mine. 他的小汽車所花的錢比我的多得多。

有時其后的名詞可承前省略。如：

Many people support the government, but many more are against it. 許多人支持政府，但更多得多的人反對它。

另外，其后修飾的不是名詞，而是形容詞或副詞，則用much more，不用many more。如：

You must work much more carefully. 你應工作得更加細心。

Politics is much more difficult than physics. 政治學比物理學難。

4. 注意“many a+單數可數名詞”的用法：形式上為單數，但意義上為復數（意為“許多”），若用作主語，其謂語通常與形式一致而不與意義一致（即謂語用單數）。如：

I have told him many a time to be polite. 我多次告訴他要有禮貌。

Many a young man has tried and failed. 很多年輕人都試過，而且失敗了。

注意，“many a+單數名詞”是一個十分正式的結構，在口語或非正式文體中一般都用 “many+復數名詞”代之。

5. 與a great [good] number of, a great [good] amount of等表達不同，a great [good] many后接名詞時，不用介詞of。如：

I’ve known her for a great many years. 我認識她好多年了。

A great many people were at the meeting. 很多人參加了會。

但是，當其后接的是人稱代詞或帶有限定詞的名詞時，則要有of。如：

A good many of them have cars. 他們中的許多人有汽車。

A great many of the trees were destroyed in the storm. 這次暴風雨毀了許多樹。

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