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Rule "Possible agreement error: 'many/several/few' + uncountable noun"

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Description:	Possible agreement error: 'many/several/few' + uncountable noun
Message:	Possible agreement error. The noun \2 seems to be uncountable; consider using: <suggestion>much \2</suggestion>, <suggestion>a good deal of \2</suggestion>.
Category:	Grammar (ID: GRAMMAR)
Link:	https://languagetool.org/insights/post/word-choice-many-vs-much/
Incorrect sentences that this rule can detect:	I have many wine. Correction suggestion: much wine, a good deal of wine I have many money Correction suggestion: much money, a good deal of money
Correct sentences for comparison:	How many wine bars are there in Cheshire? This ended in death-like trances with many lying exhausted and panting on chair and floor. ... Amsterdam Museum, its red-light district, and its many cannabis coffee shops draw more than 3.66 million ... Many once large and international communities have been... ... as many may think that this is the real one. In many IT/telecommunications companies, this position is organically higher than the chief technical officer. With many IT budgets being frozen or reduced... He called on all the senior Afghan party leaders, many then based in exile in Peshawar, to work out a political settlement acceptable to all sides and parties. There are several spelling and grammar checkers to choose from.
ID:	MANY_NN_U [1]
Version:	6.8-SNAPSHOT (2025-10-31 22:33:08 +0100)

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