Never make these mistakes in Chinese 73

     Zhèlǐ yǒu duō rén.
False: 这里有人。
           Zhèlǐ yǒu hěnduō rén.
True: 这里有很多人。

句中的“多”不能单独作定语,“多”的前边应当加“很”。一并作中心语“人”的定语。“很”表示程度的意义不明显。
多can not act as an attributive in isolation. It must be used in combination with 很 before it to serve as an attributive of the head word(人). Here 很 does not hold a definite implication of a high degree.

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