#Language #Mathematics #English #Grammar .
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@StefanMuelller Well, technically,
you cannot use plural for uncountable nouns either. So, it's ‘‘many rational numbers’’, and ‘‘much of the real number-dom’’.
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That would depend on what particular set of rational/real numbers you are talking about.
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@StefanMuelller also “how many does this cost?”
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@StefanMuelller @lexiconista I’m noticing everyone around me (in the Netherlands though, so English as a second language) using “amount” for countable things instead of “number”. Is that a real trend?
@bart @StefanMuelller @lexiconista
Maybe they confuse "amount" with "een berg"
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#AltText4You
4 Panel comic with 2 snails.Panel 1:
Left snail craws behind right snail and asks: 'English is difficult. When do we use "many" and when do we use "much"?Panel 2:
Right snail answers: '"Many" is for nouns that are countable, like apples. "Much" is for nouns that are not countable, like water.Panel 3:
Left snail concludes: 'So we should say "many rational numbers" and "much real numbers"?Panel 4:
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@StefanMuelller I think that makes sense!
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I would say, things where you can identify unique items…. But then electrons..@ThreeSigma @StefanMuelller
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@StefanMuelller@lingo.lol But neither real numbers nor (ir)rational numbers are limited?
Probably should have said something like "indefinite" rather than merely "countable"
…and, yes, I get the joke.
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@StefanMuelller @lexiconista I’m noticing everyone around me (in the Netherlands though, so English as a second language) using “amount” for countable things instead of “number”. Is that a real trend?
@bart @StefanMuelller @lexiconista so much came before many?
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@StefanMuelller @argv_minus_one @ThreeSigma is energy many or much
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@StefanMuelller @argv_minus_one @ThreeSigma is energy many or much
For that, you also need a sufficiently good theory of particle physics.
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I would say, things where you can identify unique items…. But then electrons..Much is certainly open, and many are certainly closed. That much can be said
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@StefanMuelller Missed opportunity to add a Loss.jpg to the green snail's eyes
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@StefanMuelller Number is the noun in both cases. Rational and real are adjectives.
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Much is certainly open, and many are certainly closed. That much can be said
@ThreeSigma @StefanMuelller If one couldn't say much, it's probably because language sentences are countable...
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@StefanMuelller Irrationally, I like this *so* much I referenced it in my display name before I knew about it.
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@argv_minus_one @ThreeSigma @StefanMuelller But perhaps not too good.
