How much did you buy / buy it for?

How much did you buy? Should be How many did you buy? if you asking about quantity.

How much did you buy it for? Conveys the question of price for a purchased object. Technically, one shouldn't end a sentence with a proposition [for].

You could try How much did it cost?

it depends on context.

i bought some flowers.
How much did you buy? in this case it would be incorrect.
I bought some rice. How much did you buy? in this case it is correct

i can see you have a new television, how much did you buy it for? this is correct.

yes

the first sentence refers to quantity

the second sentence refers to price

Many thanks to all the members who have replied to my post.

Both sentences are correct, yes.

Just please note, the first sentence does not mean "How much did you pay?"
The sentences do mean different things.

Who's the chickenshit that gave Tsars a minus 1? Why didn't you just address the misinformation?



This is clearly an example of a conflict, not an irresolvable one by any means, between what's mass and what's an item. Many times, we will ask in a mass sense, How much ...? even if the items are count oriented, eg. beer. However,

Tsars is mistaken, of course, with the suggestion that How many is used for quantity. Quantity suggests mass. How many is used, as I'm sure Tsarstepan knows [and just got momentarily confused.

I'm pretty sure that the OP also knows.



This one is absolute nonsense, pure unadulterated drivel, Tsars. It is what's called a prescription. Prescriptions are made up rules that have little or nothing to do with language. They are "inconsequential little decorations", "rules" that are so easily refuted, by anyone who just looks at language and how people use language.

One more point. Though How much did it cost? and How much did you buy it for? have the same overall general meaning, the one noted by Tsars, they have different nuances, they are used in different situations.