How to spell how many

hear ithow·many/haʊ ˈmɛni/adjectiveLong vowels

What it means: Used to ask about the number of things.

In a sentence: How many apples are in the basket?

The part people get wrong

Often misspelled as howmany or how manny.

Same family: how much, how often, how long, how far, several. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: "How" comes from Old English "hū," meaning "in what way," and "many" comes from Old English "manig," meaning "numerous." Together, "how many" has been used for centuries to ask about number or amount in everyday speech.

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