(6) much of有時(shí)可用于一個(gè)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(nèi)看一個(gè)國(guó)家看不了多少地方。

How much of a job would it be to rebuild the garage? 重建這個(gè)車庫(kù)工作量會(huì)是多少?

not much of a 有時(shí)可用于名詞前表示某人對(duì)某物或某人評(píng)價(jià)不高。如：

Then he’s not much of a partner. 那時(shí)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(qū)別仍然是 many more之后接復(fù)數(shù)名詞，much more 之后接不可數(shù)名詞。如：

There have been many more burglaries this year. 今年盜竊案比過(guò)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(shí)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(duì)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(yīng)工作得更加細(xì)心。

Politics is much more difficult than physics. 政治學(xué)比物理學(xué)難。

4. 注意“many a+單數(shù)可數(shù)名詞”的用法：形式上為單數(shù)，但意義上為復(fù)數(shù)（意為“許多”），若用作主語(yǔ)，其謂語(yǔ)通常與形式一致而不與意義一致（即謂語(yǔ)用單數(shù)）。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(guò)，而且失敗了。

注意，“many a+單數(shù)名詞”是一個(gè)十分正式的結(jié)構(gòu)，在口語(yǔ)或非正式文體中一般都用 “many+復(fù)數(shù)名詞”代之。

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

I’ve known her for a great many years. 我認(rèn)識(shí)她好多年了。

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

但是，當(dāng)其后接的是人稱代詞或帶有限定詞的名詞時(shí)，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(fēng)雨毀了許多樹。

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