Rag Hag

[ambernectar]

I have too many* clothes. How does one know this?

A Friendly Clothes Quiz

A. Your wardrobe is exploding.
Check.

B. On top of A., your laundry basket is exploding, your clothes spilling onto the floor and making your laundry "basket" look more like a teacup.
Check.

C. On top of A. and B., you have boxes and bags of clothes (consequence of

Comments

[adrianli1]

"too much clothes" and "too many pieces of clothing"

[ambernectar]

How do you know this? Gimme your backgrounder.

[adrianli1]

clothes= uncountable noun/undefined number

clothing= countable noun/can be defined with "x pieces of clothing".

for an uncountable noun, use "much".... for a countable noun, use "many"

[ambernectar]

Yes... "clothes" is a group. But you're not telling me anything new here... People still use "too many clothes". Is this a known recurrent mistake?