Thursday, October 18, 2007

trample, as many as / as few as, as much as / as little as

WORD OF THE DAY:

trample - to tread heavily, roughly, or crushingly (usually followed by on, upon, or over)

The bed of roses were trampled upon by the children.

WRONG TO CORRECT:

WRONG: They have as much children as us.

CORRECT: They have as many children as us.

GRAMMAR: “as many as / as few as”, it is used with countable nouns. And “as much as / as little as” it is used with uncountable nouns.

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