Noun Quantifiers - Too much and Too Many

Quantifiers answer the question how much? or how many?

Quantifiers are words like: a lot of, a little, a few.

Some quantifiers can only be used with countable nouns, some can only be used with uncountable nouns and some can be used with both.

The table below shows how to use these words.

Quantifier	Meaning	Example	Countable noun	Uncountable noun
Too much	More than necessary/desirable (negative meaning)	There’s too much traffic. We’re going to be late.	No	Yes
Too many	More than necessary/desirable (negative meaning)	There are too many problems. We can’t fix them all.	Yes	No

Constructing Sentences with too much and too many

We can use too much and too many in questions, positive sentences and negative sentences.

Click on the links below to study these other Noun Quantifiers

Noun Quantifiers - Introductions

Noun Quantifiers - A lot, Much and Many

Noun Quantifiers - Enough and Plenty of

Noun Quantifiers - A few, few, a little and little

Noun Quantifiers - Some, Any, No

Quantifiers - Compound Forms with Some, Any and No