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[bruxinha]

Good evening!

Is it correct to say:
a) "We don't have lots of bread." instead of "We don't have much bread."
b) "We have many burgers." instead of "We have lots of burgers."

I've learned that "much/many" are used in negative sentences and questions with uncountable/countable nouns. In affirmative sentences you use "a lot of (or more informal "lots of"). But I've also heard people saying "I have many friends." and it doesn't sound completely wrong to me (please, don't ask me for a source, I've just heard or read it somewhere).

Thank you very much!

 

[emsr2d2]

Good evening! Unnecessary. Just go ahead and ask your question.

Is it correct to say the following?

a) "We don't have lots of bread no full stop here" instead of "We don't have much bread."
b) "We have many burgers no full stop here" instead of "We have lots of burgers."

I've learned that "much/many" are used in negative sentences and questions with uncountable/countable nouns. In affirmative sentences you use "a lot of (or, more informally, "lots of"). One space is enough after a full stop But However, I've also heard people saying "I have many friends no full stop here" and it doesn't sound completely wrong to me. (Please no comma here don't ask me for a source; I've just heard or read it somewhere.)

Thank you very much! Don't thank us in advance.

Please note my corrections and comments above.

a) It's grammatically correct but "We don't have a lot of bread" is more natural.
b) It's grammatically correct but not as natural as "lots of burgers".

Also, on the topic of naturalness, most BrE speakers would use "We've got" rather than "We have". An alternative to "We don't have" is "We haven't got" (my preference).