how many 和 how many more 的区别

含义

  1. how many 在0基础上的多少
  2. how many more 在many基础上的多少

示例

In the wake of this announcement, one specific question came to the forefront of our minds: how many more customers will be able to adopt energy storage systems in the near term due to the dramatically lower price point? [1]

类似

Many more happy returns of the day

这里many more 不是一种冗余/语法错误。简单只说"Many happy returns of the day" 暗指你还没有收到过happy return；而"Many more happy returns of the day"暗指你已经收到了至少一个happy return，并且仍有许多会来。[2]

参考

  1. Bodhi Rader & Jesse Morris (2015-6-11). "RMI Blog - Tesla Hitting the Battery Accelerator". Retrieved 2015-11-16.
  2. Anonym(2014-1-13). "English Language & Usage Stack Exchange - Is it grammatically correct to say “Many more happy returns of the day ”?". Retrieved 2015-11-16.