Author:
Peter Berry
Date Of Creation:
17 February 2021
Update Date:
16 May 2024
The word "How", by itself means "how", but being combined with many Y much, could be translated as "how many". The difference between how many and how much is that how many refers to countable nouns, meaning that the answer to a question with how many is usually a number. In contrast, how much refers to nouns uncountable.
The translations are:
- How many: How many.
- How much: how much.
- How much milk do I have to buy? (How much milk should I buy?)
- How many cups of milk do you use for this recipe? (How many cups of milk do you use for this recipe?)
- How much sugar do you eat daily? (How much sugar do you eat daily?)
- How many kilograms of sugar come in that package? (How many kilos of sugar come in that package?)
- How much weight did you gain? (How much weight did you gain?)
- How many eggs did she buy? (How many eggs did he buy?)
- How many people will eat? (How many people will come?)
- How many students are in the classroom? (How many students are there in the classroom?)
- How much chocolate do you let them eat? (How much chocolate do you allow them to eat?)
- How many spoonfuls of honey do you want in your tea? (How many tablespoons of honey do you want in your tea?)
- How much water do I have to drink when I exercise? (How much water should I drink when I exercise?)
- How many times did he go to the gym this week? (How many times did you go to the gym this week?)
- How much did you pay? (How much did you pay?)
- How much does the ticket cost? (How much is admission?)
- How many friends do you have? (How many friends do you have?)
- How much time do you spend with them? (How much time do you spend with them?)
- How much do you like the piano? (How much do you like the piano?)
- How many records do you have? (How many discs you have?)
- How much do you work? (How much do you work?)
- How many hours do you stay at work? (How many hours do you stay at work?)
- Today many people do you know in this city? (How many people do you know in this city?)
- How much thinking did you put into this? (How much did you think this?)
- How much heat do you need for the cake? (How much heat do you need for the cake?)
- How many days has it been raining so far? (How many days has it been raining?)
- How much do you miss her? (How much do you miss her?)
See also: Examples of How Old, How Far and How Often
Andrea is a language teacher, and on her Instagram account she offers private lessons by video call so that you can learn to speak English.
