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too much If a cashier gave me too much change, like, 20 dollars, should I use "much" or "many" to talk about this sum of money? "You gave me twenty dollars too much" or "You gave me twenty dollars too many" Do either of them sound good? Thank yoy

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Hi! Thanks for your question! As a native English speaker, I would refrain from using either statements (however, out of the two the first would make the most sense to someone). Rather, I would go with the following options: "You have given me too much money/change," if you want to use the 'too much' option. "You have given me $20 instead of...", if you want to state the exact amount. Furthermore, you could use: "You have undercharged me" "You've overpaid me by $20" Sadly, there is no specific term I can think of for the opposite of being 'short changed' (the moment when you are given too LITTLE change". I hope that this helps? Matt
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As a rule it is" too much" for something you can't count, like water, flour, rice etc and "too many" for something you can, like apples, shoes, e-mails. Even though you can count money, the nature of an amount of cash means it takes "too much".

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