Much/many - a lot of

You can count it.
(singular-plural)

You can't count it.
(singular only)
a book Smoke smoke
Books many books
a lot of books		 Smoke much smoke
a lot of smoke
book/books, house/houses, etc. smoke, water, happiness, etc
We say: as many, so many, how many, not many
 as much, so much, how much, not much
In affirmative
sentences
we usually say:		 a lot of / lots of