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Lots of time or much time
Memai
Senior Member
I have a question about the quantifires
I am a little confused in my book the Question is
I have lots of / much time on my hands these days
The correct answer is
I have lots of time
I want to ask why we choose lots of instead of much?
Time is uncountable
We should choose much
Please help me to understand the sentence
Dr Shand
Member
It’s very common to hear, «I don’t have much time.» However, I’ve never heard anyone say, «I have much time.»
Man 1: How much time do you have?
Man 2: I have a lot of / lots of time. How much time do you have?
Man 1: I don’t have much time.
Interesting, it’s just not used.
dojibear
Senior Member
I have much time on my hands.
I don’t have much time on my hands.
I have too much time on my hands.
I am busy much of the time.
I don’t know why, and don’t know any «rule».
(cross posted with #2)
Memai
Senior Member
Can I use many in affirmative sentences? or it just used with negative and questions?
Grumpy Old Man
Senior Member
Much is usually used with so much, very much, too much, not much and in questions:
He has so much time that he can easily do it.
We had too much time.
There is no grammatical reason for avoiding much in other contexts, but native speakers just do so. However, I have seen this in a text written by a native speaker: We are given much advice.
GOM
Memai
Senior Member
It’s very common to hear, «I don’t have much time.» However, I’ve never heard anyone say, «I have much time.»
Man 1: How much time do you have?
Man 2: I have a lot of / lots of time. How much time do you have?
Man 1: I don’t have much time.
Interesting, it’s just not used.
Memai
Senior Member
Much is usually used with so much, very much, too much, not much and in questions:
He has so much time that he can easily do it.
We had too much time.
There is no grammatical reason for avoiding much in other contexts, but native speakers just do so. However, I have seen this in a text written by a native speaker: We are given much advice.
GOM
Dr Shand
Member
velisarius
Senior Member
Can I use many in affirmative sentences? or it just used with negative and questions?
Memai
Senior Member
«Many» is used with countable nouns:
I have seen that movie many times. It’s more formal than I’ve seen that movie lots of times.
How many times than
standalone
Member
Which is correct:
I was going through a topic of probability in a textbook of elementary mathematics and found A. Think B is correct.
airportzombie
Senior Member
Aardvark01
Senior Member
Sentence A begins:
This does not sound right because it has confused two different structures:
1/ What are the chances of getting (a red ball rather than a white ball?)
2/ How many times will we get (a red ball rather than a white ball?)
Only in structure 2 can we use «more»:
2b/ How many more times will we get (a red ball than a white ball?)
standalone
Member
Sentence A begins:
This does not sound right because it has confused two different structures:
1/ What are the chances of getting (a red ball rather than a white ball?)
2/ How many times will we get (a red ball rather than a white ball?)
Only in structure 2 can we use «more»:
2b/ How many more times will we get (a red ball than a white ball?)
Aardvark01
Senior Member
If a comparative is to be used in your sentence it should be «less» because there are fewer red balls than white balls. There is a 5/14 chance of a red ball compared to a 9/14 chance of a white ball. Thus I would rephrase my previous suggestions:
How many less times will we get a red ball than a white ball?
How much less are the chances of getting a red ball than a white ball?
(answer = 4/14 = «four times out of fourteen less»)
Note: In the comparison to the previous reference (coins and dice) «more» is appropriate because each possibility on a coin is 1/2 and each possibility on a die is 1/6. The top number in both of these = 1 (ie. there is only one number 1, one number two. one heads, one tails) while there is more chance of selecting a red ball because there are five of them.
Senior Member
We say «how many more times» not «how many much times». So, I wonder why «less» is used instead of «fewer»:
How many fewer times will we get a red ball than a white ball?
Uncle Jack
Senior Member
Oh, do be careful here!
Let’s use five red balls and nine white balls. You might reasonably think that the question «how many times more are the chances of getting a white ball than a red ball?» is fine, and so it is, in a way.
You might be surprised to learn that the correct answer is «four fifths».
The problem lies in the use of «more». If A has five balls and B has six balls, few of us would argue with the person who says that B has 20% more balls than A.
If B has ten balls then he has 100% more balls than A.
If B has twenty balls then he has 300% more balls than A. 300% is the same as «three times» so B has three times more balls than A. But this sounds daft. B has twenty balls, A has five balls, and twenty is four times five, not three times five.
The problem lies in that little word «more». B has four times as many balls as A, but he has three times more balls than A.
I’ll leave you to work out for yourself how «less times» (or «times less») works out here (It is a trick question: it doesn’t)
Far better to avoid more or less in the question altogether.
JulianStuart
Senior Member
Oh, do be careful here!
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The problem lies in that little word «more». B has four times as many balls as A, but he has three times more balls than A.
Far better to avoid more or less in the question altogether.
Senior Member
Thanks Unlce Jack and JulianStuart.
If I want the answer to be «four fourteenths», should I ask the question this way (the words in parentheses are optional):
1A. How much more is the chance of getting a white ball than (the chance of getting) a red ball? The answer is «four fourteenths».
2A. How much less is the chance of getting a red ball than (the chance of getting) a white ball? The answer is «four fourteenths».
1B. How much more are the chances of getting a white ball than (the chances of getting) a red ball? The answer is «four fourteenths».
2B. How much less are the chances of getting a red ball than (the chances of getting) a white ball? The answer is «four fourteenths».
Does the construction «how many fewer times»/»how many more times» make sense? For example, in these examples:
1C. If I keep taking one ball after the other until there’s nothing left in the box, then how many fewer times will I get a red ball than a white ball? The answer is «four».
2C. If I keep taking one ball after the other until there’s nothing left in the box, then how many more times will I get a white ball than a red ball? The answer is «four».
Is the word order essential?
1D. How many times more are the chances of getting a white ball than a red ball? The answer is «four fifths».
2D. How many more times are the chances of getting a white ball than a red ball? The answer is «four fifths».
1E. How many times less are the chances of getting a red ball than a white ball? The answer is «four fifths».
2E. How many less times are the chances of getting a red ball than a white ball? The answer is «four fifths».
Uncle Jack
Senior Member
If I want the answer to be «four fourteenths», should I ask the question this way (the words in parentheses are optional):
1A. How much more is the chance of getting a white ball than (the chance of getting) a red ball? The answer is «four fourteenths».
2A. How much less is the chance of getting a red ball than (the chance of getting) a white ball? The answer is «four fourteenths».
1B. How much more are the chances of getting a white ball than (the chances of getting) a red ball? The answer is «four fourteenths».
2B. How much less are the chances of getting a red ball than (the chances of getting) a white ball? The answer is «four fourteenths».
Does the construction «how many fewer times»/»how many more times» make sense? For example, in these examples:
1C. If I keep taking one ball after the other until there’s nothing left in the box, then how many fewer times will I get a red ball than a white ball? The answer is «four».
2C. If I keep taking one ball after the other until there’s nothing left in the box, then how many more times will I get a white ball than a red ball? The answer is «four».
Is the word order essential?
1D. How many times more are the chances of getting a white ball than a red ball? The answer is «four fifths».
2D. How many more times are the chances of getting a white ball than a red ball? The answer is «four fifths».
1E. How many times less are the chances of getting a red ball than a white ball? The answer is «four fifths».
2E. How many less times are the chances of getting a red ball than a white ball? The answer is «four fifths».
ain’ttranslationfun?
Senior Member
The ‘more/less’, etc. complicates things unnecessarily, In My Opinion. Would you consider «What are my chances of getting a red ball rather than a white one?» as an alternative? «How much more likely am I to get a red ball than a white one?» is another alternative. Let your interlocutor figure out the mathematical odds!
Afterthought: «How much greater are my chances of getting a red ball than those of getting a white one?»
Senior Member
Rope A is [C*] times longer than rope B.
Rope B is [C*] times shorter than rope A.
The probability of getting a white ball is [C*] times more than the probability of getting a red ball.
The probability of getting a red ball is [C*] times less than the probability of getting a white ball.
The probability of getting a white ball is 4/5 times more than the probability of getting a red ball.
The probability of getting a red ball is 4/5 times less than the probability of getting a white ball.
___________________________________________
Would it be better to use the sentences below if I wanted either an answer of 1.8 or 0.(5)?
1F. How many times as much is the chance of getting a white ball as the chance of getting a red ball is? The answer is «nine fifths» or «1.8».
2F. How many times as much is the chance of getting a red ball as the chance of getting a white ball is? The answer is «five ninths» or «0.(5)».
1G. How many times is the chance of getting a white ball the chance of getting a red ball? The answer is «nine fifths» or «1.8».
2G. How many times is the chance of getting a red ball the chance of getting a white ball? The answer is «five ninths» or «0.(5)».
Uncle Jack
Senior Member
Rope A is [C*] times longer than rope B.
Rope B is [C*] times shorter than rope A.
Rope A is 3 times longer than rope B.
Rope B is 3 times shorter than rope A.
Which is why you really should not use «times shorter» (or «times less», as the case may be).
The difference is 6 (at least that is uncontroversial!)
A is 8 long, the difference 6 as a proportion of 8 is 75% (or three quarters or however you like to call it)
You might just about get away with saying that B is three-quarters times shorter than A, but this is inelegant and will leave people scratching their heads saying «why has he used ‘times’?».
What some people do say is that B is four times shorter than A. People say this, but I would never support such use. I don’t think anyone careless enough to use «times shorter» would ever consider that B was three times shorter than A, and would think you mad for saying so. They probably would not accept that A is three times longer than B, either, although this has rather more justification behind it, and would instead insist that A is four times longer than B.
This is why I say to be careful with «more» and «less» in this sort of mathematical comparison, and I recommend people avoid using any combination of «more» or «less» and «times».
Would it be better to use the sentences below if I wanted either an answer of 1.8 or 0.(5)?
1F. How many times as much is the chance of getting a white ball as the chance of getting a red ball is? The answer is «nine fifths» or «1.8».
2F. How many times as much is the chance of getting a red ball as the chance of getting a white ball is? The answer is «five ninths» or «0.(5)».
1G. How many times is the chance of getting a white ball the chance of getting a red ball? The answer is «nine fifths» or «1.8».
2G. How many times is the chance of getting a red ball the chance of getting a white ball? The answer is «five ninths» or «0.(5)».
JulianStuart
Senior Member
So «X times longer than» or «X% shorter than» are seen differently by different people and if you wish to avoid ambiguity, you should avoid them. Feel free to join the discussion there
E.g., My piece of wood is three times as long as yours. If yours is 2 m long, mine is 6 m long. No ambiguity.
Same pieces of wood: My piece of wood is 4 m longer than yours. (No «times or % with comparative, just using units of measure) No ambiguity.
Senior Member
Uncle Jack
Senior Member
Senior Member
1F. How many times as much is the chance of getting a white ball as the chance of getting a red ball is? The answer is «nine fifths» or «1.8».
2F. How many times as much is the chance of getting a red ball as the chance of getting a white ball is? The answer is «five ninths» or «0.(5)».
When constructing sentences 1F and 2F, I wanted to apply the pattern of the sentence below:
How many times as many apples do I have as she does? (this link)
Can this pattern be applied somehow to the example in this thread?
Here I wanted to use this pattern: «This house is three times the size of that house.» Can this be done?
My other attempt:
The chance of getting a white ball is 1.8 times the value of the chance of getting a red ball.
How many times is the chance of getting a white ball the value of the chance of getting a red ball?
Uncle Jack
Senior Member
The trouble here is you are asking questions about probabilities, not apples or the sizes of houses, and whoever invented the English language really didn’t like probabilities, and failed to create the necessary vocabulary and syntax.
but we cannot say these, because in English, «more» and «higher» are effectively synonymous (the prices in Finlay’s are 10% higher than the prices in Harrison’s), and so are «less» and «lower». Since the meanings have already been taken by (1) and (2), any attempt to try to use (5) and (6) are certain to be misunderstood. By all means replace «probability» with «chance» or «chances», but if we confine ourselves to simple English, I can think of no other valid comparison of the two probabilities than these four statements.
So, how do we ask a question to give each of the answers (1) to (4)?
«many times» or «for many times»?
I have been struggling whether or not using «for» in front of «many times». Some explanations on the internet say «for many times» is British English and «many times» is American English. Also, «for many times» is more formal than «many times». Are these explanations correct?
My son’s English teacher at high school insisted no «for» in front of «many times» in any circumstances. Is she right?
Would you kindly help me on this matter?
Here is an example:
Mark has been to Hong Kong for many times, so he decides not to visit there on vacation this summer.
Also, if I use a number instead of «many» in this phrase, is that OK, too? Here is an example:
After Jessica failed for 10000 times, she created the talented robot.
compared with the following example:
After Jessica failed 10000 times, she created the talented robot.
What’s the different between them?
Also, here are 2 more sentences that I read from the exam paper and an English magazine:
I have visited there for many times since 2001. (from the exam paper)
The baseball player has pitched for 42 games in a row. (from an English magazine)
Are they grammatically right or not? Hope you can guide me.
If «for many times» that kind of usage is acceptable, for the sake of my better understanding, please give me one or two examples about «for many times» or «for+(number)+(nouns)». Thank you so very much.
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I don’t believe that «for many times» is grammatical in any variety of English.
(Well, unless you contrive an example where «times» is the plural of «a given time of occurrence» and there’s an elided «of the»: «Class times are listed below. For many times, you can click the link for more information.»)
You can use «for» with an ordinal: for the first time, for the 20th time, for the last time. Notice that it’s always time, not times, in these examples. You can also use «for» with a duration: for 100 years, for the summer, for a long time.
«Many times» behaves the same way as «100 times» or «just a few times», and adding a «for» is not grammatical.
Mark has been to Hong Kong many times.
Mark has been in Hong Kong for two years now.
After Jessica failed 10000 times, she finally created a working robot.
After Jessica failed for the 10000th time, she tried a different approach.
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