Quantifiers: Much, Many, A Few, A Little, A Lot Of
Grade 6 · English · Grammar in Use (Phrasal Quantifiers)
Many/few/a few are used with countable nouns (many books). Much/little/a little are used with uncountable nouns (much water). A lot of / plenty of / a number of / a piece of can be used with both. Few means hardly any; a few means some.