Antique Memes Roadshow

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Too damn high (i.imgur.com)

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[–] QuazarOmega 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Non-native here, can you explain why?

[–] tauonite 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I wouldn't worry about it much but "amount" should be used with uncountable nouns, "number" with countable nouns

[–] QuazarOmega 1 points 2 years ago

Ah thanks!
It's kinda weird to me, but I guess it makes sense in the context of English having distinct words for countable and not

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Amount is for things you cannot count. For example, an amount of water. If you can count it, use number of.

HOWEVER, English is not a dead language, so the definition of amount may just be changing.