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Old October 25, 2009, 06:18 AM
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Can I say "many" instead "lots of"? Is it the same? I said:

There were many children,

But my book says:

There were lots of children

The sentence in Spanish is: había muchos niños...
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Old October 25, 2009, 07:38 AM
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hi irmamar - "many" and "lots of" are interchangeable, although "lots of"
is a bit informal - when in doubt use "many".

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Old October 25, 2009, 10:36 AM
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Hola Irma, también puedes decir " a bunch of"

There were a bunch of kids..
There were many kids...
There were a lot of kids..
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Old October 25, 2009, 11:10 AM
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Había un montón de niños.

Había un lote de niños.

Había una pila de niños.

Habían muchos niños.
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Old October 25, 2009, 11:33 AM
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I have a question bunch of meaning monton?
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Old October 25, 2009, 11:40 AM
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Thanks everybody. I have to translate a lot of sentences but they are informal ones. I guess there isn't any problem if I say "many" instead of "lots of".

I knew "bunch" with the meaning of "ramo" or "racimo". I've just seen that it means "grupo", too

Well, I'll keep on asking later
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