题目内容：

many和a lot of的区别
there are a lot of/many people there.But I didn't know a lot of/many them.
上述两个句子中分别该选a lot of还是many,这两个词怎样区别?
people是可数吗,那么这条问题该选什么

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people是全体性名词,表示复数概念,当可数名词复数用,但它本身不可数,因为不能说 a people 或 peoples.第一句 a lot of 或 many 都可; 第二句用a lot of,如果用many的话,得用many of,这些应该叫习惯用法吧.