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with plural countable nouns, and little is used with uncountable nouns.e.g. I made few mistakes.They have little hope of success.In these examples, mistakes is a plural countable noun modified by few, and hope is anuncountable noun modified by little.The comparative and superlative forms of few and little follow the same rules as thepositive forms. Thus, the adjectives fewer and fewest are used to modify pluralcountable nouns, and the adjectives less and least are used to modify uncountablenouns.e.g. This recipe requires fewer eggs than that recipe.This street has less traffic than that street.This recipe requires the fewest eggs.This street has the least traffic.In these examples eggs is a plural countable noun modified by fewer and fewest, andtraffic is an uncountable noun modified by less and least.The use of these adjectives with countable and uncountable nouns is summarizedbelow. The adjectives in the left· hand column are used to compare quantities of thingswhich can be counted, while those in the right· hand column are used to compareamounts of things which are considered as substances.Used withCountable NounsmanymoremostfewfewerfewestUsed withUncountable NounsmuchmoremostlittlelessleastSee Exercise 8.b. Synonyms for Many and MuchIn questions and negative statements, the adjectives many and much are commonlyused in both formal and informal English.e.g. Qu estion: How many museums have you visited?Negative Statement: He does not have much confidence.In affirmative statements, the adjectives many and much are commonly used incombination with words such as as, so and too.e.g. I have read twice as many books as you have.He has so much money he can buy whatever he likes.There are too many possibilities to consider.However, in affirmative statements not containing words such as as, so and too, the