"much" vs. "a lot of"

[Laurence Horn]

On Feb 5, 2014, at 6:34 PM, Wilson Gray wrote:

> On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 6:14 PM, Dan Goncharoff <thegonch at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Isn't "much" an adverb
>
>
> Sometimes. Is "I don't drink much coffee" have the same meaning as "I don't
> drink coffee much," in your opinion?
>
I'd say no; "I don't drink coffee much, maybe three days a week, but when I do, I drink a lot of it."

LH

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