"much more images" / "many more images"? [SOLVED: "many more images" is correct]
"much more images" / "many more images"? [SOLVED: "many more images" is correct]
I did a quick search on google and, not only I see both versions, I even see both of them in the same document.
Example: Region-Enhancing Network for Semantic Segmentation of Remote-Sensing Imagery - PMC
the dataset with much more images
the dataset with many more images
Specific searches show these numbers:
- About 4,520,000 results for "much more images"
- About 2,780,000 results for "many more images"
Is there any difference between them?
Thanks!
Non native speaker here.
"Much" refers to something not countable, like "much more milk", and is used without plural, "liter" is countable such that you could say "many more liters of milk" (note the plural of liter). So while I'd say the latter is more correct according to grammatical rules, if both are common, both can be considered correct, as rules are often rewritten to adapt to the way the English language is used.
FWIW, as a native speaker, "much more images" is incorrect enough that seeing it would tell me that the author's first language isn't English.
Having complex and arbitrary grammatical rules solely to telegraph education sucks though, so vive la revolution.
That was my reasoning, which is correct in my native language (Spanish: "muchas más imágenes). That's why seeing more results for "much more images" suprised me.
Native speaker here. I agree with the others that "many" is correct.
Also, I only get 43 results for your first search, and 3,100,000 for the second.
Thanks!
I only get 43 results for your first search,
My bad, I didn't mean there were a lot of results using both in the same document. I also get very few results for hat search.