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When Use Lots of?

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When Use Lots of?

Lots of is more informal than a lot of. A lot of and lots of can both be used with plural countable nouns and with singular uncountable nouns

uncountable nouns
In linguistics, a mass noun, uncountable noun, or non-count noun is a noun with the syntactic property that any quantity of it is treated as an undifferentiated unit, rather than as something with discrete elements. ... Mass nouns have no concept of singular and plural, although in English they take singular verb forms.
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for affirmatives, negatives, and questions: We've got lots of things to do. That's a lot of money.

Is a lot many correct?

A lot of/lots of are used with both plural count nouns and non-count nouns. They are usually used with affirmative sentences. We met a lot of people when we went out. ... Much is used with non-count nouns and many is used with plural count nouns.

When to use some any a lot of?

The Main Difference Between SOME and ANY

As a general rule, we use 'some' for affirmative sentences, and 'any' for questions or negative sentences. Usually, both 'some' and 'any' can only be used with countable plural nouns or uncountable nouns. For example, “I have some questions.”

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