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Amount vs. Number
Amount
/əˈmaʊnt/Examples:
She demanded larger and more frequent amounts of soma.The total amounted to sixty pounds.Leave me a small amount of food and an axe.
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This word has no antonymsNumber
/ˈnʌmbə/Examples:
The assemblage numbered about a hundred men.I read the numbers and the words many times.We will call them Number One and Number Two.
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This word has no antonymsWays to tell them apart:
- Number refers to things that can be counted individually, like pencils or apples.
- Amount is used for things that can't be counted individually, like sand or water.
- Always think of number with discrete items and amount with mass nouns.
- If it involves counting specific units, use number.
- For uncountable, non-specific quantities, always think amount.
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