Hello

I have not seen that (object of the verb, not in modifier sense here) many (people) crowded (at the entrance)

many can be used in the sense of many people:

http://query.nytimes.com/search/query?query=%22considered+by+many+to%22&srchst=nyt

Crowd: "To congregate in a restricted area; throng: The children crowded around the TV. "

I have not seen that (many crowded at the entrance).

Question:

c- I haven't seen that..................crowded.

a) many                  b) much

why is a) not correct

Thanks

Thanks for the answer

to see something

I have not seen that many (many = noun here) crowded at the entrance.

that is definitely not an adverb in the above sentence.

"many: a large or considerable number of persons or things"

that can be in adverb function when 'many' is an adjective, but as I have said, in this sentence many means 'many people'.

An adverb cannot modify a noun.

HNY

Fantasy wrote:

I (subject) + have not seen (verb) + that many people (object) crowded (past participle) at the entrance. Perhaps, you are not familiar with the above construction.

and "at the entrance" = locative adjunct

Read my previous post carefully again.

Anonymous wrote:

I agree with Fantasy. Below are my references. Oxford Advanced: "That  (...) adverb 1 used when saying how much or showing how long, big, etc. sth is with your hands: I can’t walk that far (= as far as that). -  It’s about that long. 2 not (all) ~ not very, or not as much as has been said: It isn’t all that cold. - There aren’t that many people here. 3 (BrE, informal) used to emphasize how much: I was that scared I didn’t know what to do. " Cambridge: http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=82269&dict=CALD

Let me parse this sentence for you in two possible ways:

I -- subject

have seen -- verb

not -- adverb

that many crowded at the entrance -- noun clause, object of the verb: have seen.

at the entrance -- prep phrase and a locative adverbial phrase.

Another interpretation:

I have not seen (that many)  crowded at the entrance

I -- subject

have seen -- verb

not -- adverb

that many -- object, that is a determiner which modifies many ((noun) a large or considerable number of persons or things.)

An adverb does never modify a noun.

crowded -- postmodify the object and is a participle (past participle in form, but simply a participle in function)

at the entrance -- adverbial phrase

What I was trying to say in my previous posts and you did not understand was that I meant the sentence with the former interpretation, not the latter.