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Bookmark or Share- singular vs plural - "There is a lot " vs. "There are lot" - English ..."There is a lot of" and "There are a lot of" are both legitimate terms, depending on whether the noun is countable or not. For example: There are a lot of cars. ("cars" is countable) There is a lot of sugar. ("sugar" is not countable) In your example, animals are countable, therefore the sentence should read. There are a lot of animals. or
- What is the difference between "Thanks much" and "Thanks a lot"?Thanks a lot is the ordinary use in conversation, or bare thanks! Many thanks is more frequent in writing, particularly in formal writing. Thanks much is unusual. Here's a Google NGram. Keep in mind that the underlying corpus here is printed works, so the more formal phrase is significantly overrepresented.
- Is this correct - "a large number of people" or "many people"You can't say "lot of": you can say "lots of" or "a lot of" . Both have exactly the same meaning as "a large number of" but are less formal. Even less formal are "loads of" or "a shed load of". You can use these informal expressions with countable nouns eg people or uncountables eg sugar.
- What's the difference between ""on my mind"" and ""in my mind""?There's a lot going on in my mind. This describes thoughts as events that are happening somewhere, as if the mind is a physical place. You could swap the word "mind" for "head" and this would still sound idiomatic. Your second example does not sound correct because it mixes that idea that with the idiom that something is "on your mind". If you ...
- Word meaning batch vs lot - English Language Learners Stack ExchangeA lot is how you describe or define the batch, or a portion of the batch, after it has been made for traceability purposes or down-stream processing purposes. For example: For example: "The batch of tablets was designated as lot 1, and lot 1 was packaged into 30-count bottles designated as lot 1-A. Lot 1 was also packaged into unit dose blister ...
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