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Sir,

1. You cannot find a single leaf on the tree.

I have to use "as many as" or "as much as" in this sentence

2. You cannot find as many as a single leaf on the three.
3. You cannot find as much as a single leaf on the three.

As I know we use many for "countable Plural noun" and much for "uncountable noun".

But I have doubt,because of the word "a single leaf" is countable but singular.

So whic one out of (2) and (3) is correct?
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