Learn English – How many pieces of garlic? How much garlic? uncountable noun

uncountable-nouns

I learned that we should say

How much gravel do you have now?

since "gravel" is an uncountable noun, but it's also okay to say

How many pieces of gravel do you have now?

Then, how about garlic, which is another uncountable noun?
I know I can say two cloves of garlic,
but what should I say if it's a whole piece of garlic?

How much garlic do you want?

How many pieces of garlic do you want?

Are both okay?

Best Answer

A "whole piece" of garlic is called a head of garlic. Hence,

How much garlic do you want?
How many heads of garlic do you want?

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