much time vs more time

[Serzige]

Hi there!
I just wanna know why we say more time as in "I have more time to spend on/with my family". In addition, we say "I don't have much time to do this job". My concern is about the more in affirmative sentences if , as far as I know, time is non-countable. So, who would like to give it a try?

Thanks in advance!
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Sergio M.
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[Alan]

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Hi Serzige,

'Much' is used (mainly with negative statements) with uncountable nouns as in: Not much time/money/work and so on. 'More' can be used with both uncountable and countable nouns as in: More time/money/work as well as: More problems/occasions/books and so on.

Alan

PS I would suggest that 'I want to know' is better than 'wanna'.
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[Robmars]

PS I would suggest that 'I want to know' is better than 'wanna'. -Alan

Yes, wanna is a slang word that is not appropriate in formal Writing. :) So "want to" is preferred.

[Serzige]

Thanks Alan,
You always have the easiest and the best explanations for us!
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Sergio M.
"Life is too short to grieve in sorrow"