Complete the fashion critic's review of a bizarre red carpet outfit by choosing the best word for each gap.

The designer used far too many feathers on that enormous hat. To be honest, there is not much subtlety in this entire outfit. However, I will admit that it takes a lot of confidence to wear bright neon green boots!

The designer used far too many feathers on that enormous hat.

"Feathers" is a plural countable noun, so we must use "many." The phrase "too a lot of" does not exist!

To be honest, there is not much subtlety in this entire outfit.

"Subtlety" is an uncountable noun. In negative sentences, we generally use "much" instead of "a lot of." "A lot" is incorrect here because it is missing the word "of."

However, I will admit that it takes a lot of confidence to wear bright neon green boots!

"Confidence" is an uncountable noun. In affirmative (positive) sentences, we almost always use "a lot of" rather than "much."