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much - singular or plural?

by cbenk121 » Sun Nov 22, 2009 8:15 pm
Was typing out a message to someone, and had this sentence:

"Much of my notes are paraphrased."

My guess is that it was plural, because I was referring to a significant amount of notes. However, this website says its singular: https://quizlet.com/169860/singular-or-p ... ash-cards/

"Much of my notes is paraphrased."

It sounds wrong, but I can see how "much" can be singular. Anyone have an explanation of why "much" is singular, besides "it just is" :)?
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by OGMATTERS » Sun Nov 22, 2009 8:21 pm
I think that person was trying to say "many" instead of "much."
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by cbenk121 » Sun Nov 22, 2009 8:31 pm
OGMATTERS wrote:I think that person was trying to say "many" instead of "much."
Idk whether "notes" is a quantifiable noun. You can't really count your notes...your "notes" would have a different total depending on the unit you used. Pages? Lines? Words? Letters?
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by papgust » Sun Nov 22, 2009 11:01 pm
Much is actually uncountable whereas Many is countable. That's why, Much will take only singular verbs and not plural verbs.
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by cbenk121 » Mon Nov 23, 2009 12:03 pm
papgust wrote:Much is actually uncountable whereas Many is countable. That's why, Much will take only singular verbs and not plural verbs.
Right, the fact that much is uncountable is what I was alluding to OGMATTERS above. So for your conclusion to be correct, then it's a rule that ALL pronouns that are only uncountable are singular? That's what I'm trying to dig to here...
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by papgust » Tue Nov 24, 2009 2:13 am
I'm saying only for 'Much'. I'm not saying for ALL pronouns.
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by brick2009 » Thu Nov 26, 2009 8:42 am
@ Cbenk:

Yes.. all uncountable nouns are Singular

Rules for Using Uncountable Nouns:

>Uncountable nouns only used in the singular tense.

> A or an cannot be used with uncountable nouns. "The" can be used with uncountable nouns.
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