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Rule "'much' + countable noun, e.g. 'much (many) children'"

This is one of many errors that LanguageTool can detect.

Description:	'much' + countable noun, e.g. 'much (many) children'
Message:	Use <suggestion>many</suggestion> with countable plural nouns like '\3'.
Category:	Grammar (ID: GRAMMAR)
Link:	https://languagetool.org/insights/post/word-choice-many-vs-much/
Incorrect sentences that this rule can detect:	There are much young children. Correction suggestion: many Too much failed orders. Correction suggestion: many I think that there are too much active processes on this server. Correction suggestion: many Still have too much business meetings and suffer from lack of sleep. Correction suggestion: many I'm going to start to learn as much foreign languages as possible before I die. Correction suggestion: many
Correct sentences for comparison:	You spend too much time indoors. On one occasion Aristotle was asked how much educated men were superior to those uneducated. The size of electric bills will depend on how hot it gets and how much power customers use for air conditioning. Much weather derivatives use is occurring in the natural gas, propane and electricity markets. It is not confirmed how much other features of its skeleton reflect adaptation to bipedalism on the ground as well. In my opinion, bringing lawyers in too early just results in a flurry of paper back and forth, but not much gets done. There's still much experts don't know. There's not much companies can do about that. Years do not wait, no matter how much men may wait. Not much changes when running the (gaming mouse) in wireless mode. Not much surprises me anymore.
ID:	MUCH_COUNTABLE [2]
Version:	6.8-SNAPSHOT (2025-10-31 22:33:08 +0100)