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Estoy usando muchos suplementos naturales.

Can I write:

Estoy usandolos muchos.

In English, I want to say: I am using many of them.

I want to replace - suplementos naturales with "them" I'm not sure where to place "muchos" Or is it not correct to use a direct object pronoun in this instance? Is it more correct to "ellos" instead of "los"?

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updated Jan 25, 2016
edited by bird805
posted by bird805
No lo sé. Give the English as well if you don't mind , it often helps a lot , it also helps members that are learning English. I meant to write out the sentence in English so that we know exactly what it is you want to say. - ray76, Jan 25, 2016
Yes, please do as ray76 has requested: write out the English for your Spanish sentence. Click on edit at the bottom of your post to do it. - Jubilado, Jan 25, 2016

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The most common way to say this is: Estoy usando muchos de ellos.

It´s possible to say: Estoy usándolos, muchos. A definite pause is necessary between "usándolos" and "muchos", but I can´t say if this is grammatically correct or not. The argument in favor of the correctness of this usage would be that a comma divides the two clauses and so "muchos" is an understood adjective of "los".

updated Jan 25, 2016
edited by 005faa61
posted by 005faa61
Thank you - I appreciate the guidance. - bird805, Jan 25, 2016
I like the first one. - Daniela2041, Jan 25, 2016
Thanks Julian - 00551866, Jan 25, 2016
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I believe it is:

Estoy usandolos mucho.

I am still learning so wait for confirmation or a better answer.

updated Jan 25, 2016
posted by 00551866
That would be I am using them a lot, not I am using a lot of them. - jtaniel, Jan 25, 2016