Jessica
Clothes - A tricky noun I've done some research on the web about it. And what I found is that "clothes" is an uncountable plural noun. So... There are too MUCH clothes in the dresser. I've seen many native speakers of English saying "MANY clothes" is ok too. Thanks for your help!
20 нояб. 2015 г., 20:38
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Do you know why we say 'many clothes'? Because it's right! 'Much' clothes is WRONG. We can only use 'much' with singular nouns - for example, much time, much money, much water. 'Clothes' is obviously a plural noun. Just look at the 's' at the end of it! Just look at the plural verb (are) which you used in your sample sentence! With a plural noun and a plural verb, you can only use 'many'. It should be "There are too many clothes in the dresser." Clothes is not - grammatically - an uncountable noun. Uncountable nouns are singular - 'clothes' is plural, so it cannot be an uncountable noun in a grammatical sense. The term 'uncountable' is very misleading. In fact, 'clothes' is a plural noun with no singular form. There's no such thing as a 'clothe'. It's the same as 'scissors' and 'pants' - these are plural words, even though there's no such thing as 'a scissor' or 'a pant'. I hope that helps.
20 ноября 2015 г.
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I would never say "too much clothes" but I would say "too much clothing."
20 ноября 2015 г.
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"There are too many clothes in the dresser." That's the correct sentence. No need to analyse it any further.
20 ноября 2015 г.
I would use too many clothes or so many clothes. I don't know if it grammatically correct though.
20 ноября 2015 г.
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