Then write how much you want to buy of each ingredient. (书上)
Then write how many you want to buy of each ingredients. (自己会如此说)
而且书上下面还给了ingredients 的清单:
two tins of tomatoes
a packet of spaghetti
four onions
Then write how much you want to buy of each ingredient. (书上)
Then write how many you want to buy of each ingredients.(自己会如此说)
你一个人说的each ingredients是错误。each后接单数名词。
原句的意思是写出你要买的每一种食材的量。作者脑子里其实想的是quantity。而quantity此时的意思是amout of something. 这个意义的quantity是不可数名词。于是作者用how much取代了quantity。这是可以理解的。由于多数的食材是物质名词不可数,如rice,butter,oil,flour。当然,像eggs,onions,potatoes等又是可数的。你改为how many则没办法体现flour,rice等不可数名词。因此大家应该理解是quantity这个不可数名词致使作者用了how much而不需要how many.