We use many to refer to a large number of something countable. We most commonly use it in questions and in negative sentences: … 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). … More @Wikipedia
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