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Literature is defined as books and other written works, especially those considered
to have creative or artistic merit or lasting value.
2. Literature represents the culture and tradition of a language or a people.
3. Oral literature is done through words and speaking, whereas written is through the
written word. Written literature can be in the form of short stories, novels and prose
whereas oral literature can be described as poems and bards. Or better saying, Oral
and written literatures differ in their authorship and audience. In oral cultures the
memory of authorship, though never entirely absent, is of little general importance
occasionally with songs but not with myths, folktales, and, rarely, epics.
4. Within the Mozambican ethnic groups, oral literature has the purpose of teaching,
playing, educating each other through tales, legends, guesses.
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 6. “Many” refers to a large number of something. This word, anyway, can only be
used when the things that are in a big quantity are expressed through a countable
noun. It should never be used before nouns that are uncountable.

Example: There are many toys in the room. – “many” refers to “a lot of”, and because
“toys” is a countable noun, this is the word that has to be used in this context.

“Much” also defines a large amount of something, or a large degree. But unlike “many”,
“much” can only be used before words expressed through uncountable nouns. It doesn’t
refer to large numbers of things, but to a big quantity. It usually refers to big quantities of
liquids, materials, feelings etc. It can easily be replaced with “a lot of”; however, it should
never be confused for “many”, in any context.

Example: There was much pain in their souls. – “much” is used before an uncountable
noun, referring to a large amount or degree of a feeling.

Much / many

Rule

Use much if the noun is non-countable (e.g., water, sand). Use many if the noun is
countable (e.g., oranges, children).

For example:

 I don’t have much money.

 They own many houses.

Examples for much / many

 Phillip owns many properties in France.

 We didn’t earn much profit this year.
 How much money have you

Few / Little
Rule

Little refers to non-countable nouns, and is used with the singular form to indicate that
something exists only in a small amount or to a slight degree. Few refers to countable
nouns, and is used with the plural form to indicate not many persons or things.

For example:

 I’ve got little money left in my account.

 Ben has few friends in London.

Examples for few / little

 Few people stopped to listen to the preacher on the corner.

 There is little that you can do about the situation.

Enough and Plenty ( Mean)

Enough means as much as it is necessary or as much as it is needed. When something is

considered as enough it means we do not need any more of it.

Exampleː

 We have enough food for all of us.

 I think we struggled enough over this problem.

Plenty means enough or more than enough. So, it can refer to a larger amount compared
with 'enough'.

Exampleː

 We've got plenty of time let's think then act.

 Students have plenty of opportunities in this school.

Enough comes after another adverb or an adjective, or even after verbs as an adverb. As a
pronoun, it is used without a noun directly after it. 'Enough' as a determiner comes before a
noun whether plural countable or uncountable.
Exampleː

 The runner was fast enough to win the race. → adverb

 Enough is given to the court. Judges can decide easily. → pronoun

Plenty as an adverb is used before an adjective. As a pronoun it means more than enough or
enough. As you know, pronouns cannot be followed by a noun directly. However it might
be rare for you, 'plenty' can be used as an uncountable noun, too.

Exampleː

 "Here, drink some chocolate milk." "It is plenty; I am on a diet." → pronoun

 They lived on a land of plenty back then. → noun
 My uncle was plenty angry with my cousin. → adverb

A lot of

we use a lot of with countable or uncountable nouns to talk about a big quantity of
something.

Exampleː

 He eats a lot of apples.