'mucha gente' y 'mucha más gente' - singular or plural?

Question

I know that "la gente" is considered singular because it is a collective noun. But I don't know about "mucha gente" or "mucha más gente"...

Is "mucha gente" considered singular or plural?

Is "mucha más gente" considered singular or plural?

la gente - the people
mucha gente - many people
mucha más gente - many more people

(I am trying to decide how to conjugate verbs that follow these subjects.)

Hola abp. Try putting a few sentences into the translator above and you'll find an answer. Buena suerte. - britisk, May 26, 2014

Answer 1

Hi,
Both "mucha gente" and "mucha más gente" are followed by singular verbs, for example:

• "Mucha gente irá al concierto"("irá" is singular in that case) but "Muchas personas iran al concierto.("iran" is in plural here).
• "Mucha más gente irá al concierto"("irá" is singular in that case) but "Muchas más personas iran al concierto.("iran" is in plural here)
  Hope it helps you!

Answer 2

You have already stated that you know gente is singular in Spanish - so if the noun is singular so too is the verb. Have you noticed Spanish people when writing English sometimes write 'the people is' We of course treat crowd as singular. In many cases you could use persona which can be singular or plural. There are a few rare uses of gente with an s, but it is better to just learn it is singular.

Thanks mate , in English they are known as -"Collective nouns " - ray76, May 27, 2014

Answer 3

Gente is a singular word. Gentes is a plural word. Just like you can say people and peoples.

:) - FELIZ77, May 26, 2014

Answer 4

people = singular and plural, there isn't such a thing as peoples.

Si quisiera hacer referencia a los pueblos que habitaban esa tierra antes de que llegaran los europeos además de resaltar la pluralidad que existía entre ellos, diría:

Las gentes que habitaban la Sudamérica precolombina.

Los mismo sería en inglés:

The peoples that inhabited pre-columbian South America.

Usar gente o people significaría homogenizarlos en un solo grupo. Además que ambas formas son de uso común.

Answer 5

Excuse me

people = singular and plural, there isn't such a thing as peoples. ***

I might be wrong.

The same thing with Spanish gente.

***Edit :

unless you are talking about whole towns. (maybe this will catch fire)