Talk:many

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Are there just 'more many' mistakes or just most many ones?

Too many. Thanks for catching it. You can correct these things yourself at Wiktionary. DCDuring TALK 02:31, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

Adverb

Isn't MANY an adverb as well? The Simpsons is broadcasting many-more episodes than any other animated show in history. Ananicolahahn 00:08, 9 August 2009 (UTC)ananicolahahn

Many = Determiner

Is there are specific reason why many is always (or nearly always) treated as a determiner in English grammar? Couldn't one consider it to be a common adjective? I mean, numerous is considered an adjective and I can't see any difference between these two (except that many is much more frequent). I'm just asking though...

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many

What happened? This entry has three separate Translations sections, but only one POS section. --EncycloPetey 05:36, 6 September 2008 (UTC)

Determinism. DCDuring TALK 06:24, 6 September 2008 (UTC)

Seems to have been fixed. — Beobach 02:47, 15 December 2010 (UTC)

Can't it be an adjective too?

Meaning "numerous", as in: "my problems were many". Equinox ◑ 16:13, 29 December 2018 (UTC)

The many

The many, [plural; used with a plural verb] the greater part of humankind
https://www.wordreference.com/definition/many

How come its entry shows even a plural manies? --Backinstadiums (talk) 11:27, 5 September 2019 (UTC)

That is strange. Manies is not a word I would know how to use. You could raise it at the WT:TR. Equinox ◑ 11:42, 5 September 2019 (UTC)

Hell, I've done it myself. My invoice is in the post. Equinox ◑ 12:40, 5 September 2019 (UTC)

many's the

should we add many's the just as we have many a? there's reads "Contraction of there are", so in the phrase many's the + plural noun, is many's also a contraction of many are ? --Backinstadiums (talk) 08:32, 17 September 2019 (UTC)

No. You're overthinking it. It's a contraction of many is. You can't call it a "contraction" when it introduces letters and words not in the original. And it's SoP. Equinox ◑ 10:20, 17 September 2019 (UTC)

@Equinox: what does "SoP" stand for? Is that the reason it does not deserve an entry of its own as many a does? --Backinstadiums (talk) 12:22, 17 September 2019 (UTC)

@Backinstadiums:: it means "sum of parts": it's a phrase whose meaning can be worked out from the individual words, like "green leaf". Equinox ◑ 20:38, 21 September 2019 (UTC)

many-splendored

So far, all that has happened has been one many splendored night --Backinstadiums (talk) 20:28, 22 June 2020 (UTC)

This/these many + plural noun

Pag 419 Mastering English An Advanced Grammar for Non-native reads

Elsewhere, demonstratives normally serve as determiners (as in that exact moment, this way, etc.). But in connection with adjectives and quantifiers such as much/many, the singular demonstratives may serve also as degree adverbs, indicating a precise amount or measure: (15) Do we need this many recommendations? 

Yet, despite the number of stars in the sky being uncountable by nature, I've never seen these many stars (in the sky) --Backinstadiums (talk) 20:43, 29 January 2021 (UTC)

Refers to itself

This article refers to itself in "From Middle English many, mani, moni," under etymology. I'm not sure if this is inherently bad, but I feel a link is unnecessary. VERY INSIGNIFICANT I'M SURE BonnetteBotnet (talk) 16:26, 25 May 2021 (UTC)

@BonnetteBotnet: It does not refer to itself, it refers to the uncreated Middle English section of this page. J3133 (talk) 23:04, 25 May 2021 (UTC)

as many again

Likewise we have as much again, or rather SoP? --Backinstadiums (talk) 16:17, 28 May 2021 (UTC)

Pronunciation

Occasional weak forms m(ə)ni especially in how many --Backinstadiums (talk) 15:59, 4 August 2021 (UTC)