MedPage Today: Primary Care Docs Spend This Many Hours Per Week Caring for Patients Primary Care Docs Spend This Many Hours Per Week Caring for Patients You use many to indicate that you are talking about a large number of people or things. I don't think many people would argue with that. Not many films are made in Finland.

Understanding the Context

Do you keep many books and papers and memorabilia? A large number of persons or things: "For many are called, but few are chosen" (Matthew 22:14). Many is used only with the plural of countable nouns (except in the combination many a). Its counterpart used with uncountable nouns is much.

Key Insights

Many and much merge in the comparative and superlative forms, which are more and most for both determiners.