We use the quantifiers much, many, a lot of, lots of to talk about quantities, amounts and degree. We can use them with a noun (as a determiner) or without a noun (as a pronoun). โ€ฆ Like the adjective and pronoun many discussed above, many a/an...

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is used to indicate a large number of something. However, it takes a singular noun, which can be followed by a singular verb.