「as much as / as many as+數量詞」解多達.

以上提過as much as 作idiom的用法, 說過as much + N+ as + SVO的用法.今次談談「as much/many as +數詞」的用法.

I spent as much as 100000 dollars on stocks.

意思是:我花了多達100000元在股票上.

問題來了:為何dollars 是可數名詞,但卻用as much as不用as many as?

原來as much as 是指10000 dollars 這數詞所指的名詞,即money. money當然不可數了.

The rain is plentiful here, often as much as 70 inches yearly.