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You've got macaroni spilt all over your house. Which one would be a correct version?

  1. These are too much macaroni.
  2. These are too many macaroni.
  3. It's too much macaroni.
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  • None of the above. If it fell off my plate then obviously there is not enough macaroni. – Canis Lupus Mar 18 '15 at 06:26
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    Quite unhelpful. – Joea Mar 18 '15 at 06:31
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    Well you have to read my comment more carefully. I'm not gong to just give it away. – Canis Lupus Mar 18 '15 at 06:33
  • This is not even remotely a duplicate! The other question is entirely and only about whether you add an s to the end of macaroni and related words. This question doesn't ask about that at all! Voting to reopen. – phenry Mar 25 '15 at 19:36

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Numbers one and two are not grammatical. Keep in mind that macaroni is a singular term requiring a singular verb. You may wish to write, "There is too much macaroni."

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  • Thank you. Fred. I meant there is for #3. And I just heard #2 on tv, and didn't expect they would say thing ungrammatical. – Joea Mar 18 '15 at 07:30
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    Macaroni is not generally a singular term. It is a mass noun taking a singular verb. It is actually a plural-form loan-word. And the anglicised plural macaronis of the countified version has been used for 'types of', like coffees and rices. – Edwin Ashworth Mar 18 '15 at 08:44
  • "There are too many pieces of macaroni" – John Feltz Dec 01 '16 at 01:24