Identify the most appropriate option to improve the underlined segment. If no improvement is required, select "No improvement".
As much as a hundred children gathered to celebrate Independence Day.

Options

A. As long as
B. As high as
C. No improvement
D. As many as

Answer

D

Explanation

Many is used with countable nouns whereas ‘much? is used with uncountable nouns. Here children is a countable noun so many will be used in place of Much.