We use amount of with uncountable nouns. Number of is used with countable nouns : We use a huge amount of paper in the office every day.
24 мая 2015 г. · First off, in your example sentence, paper is uncountable. The expression a number of can only be used with countable nouns. |
13 июл. 2021 г. · “Amount of” is to be used with something that is uncountable (ie hair, rice, and courage). Remember the keyword, AMOUNT = NON COUNT. |
When used as a noun, number signifies a quantity of countable nouns , such as trees, cities, or papers. |
12 авг. 2018 г. · Countable/Uncountable. 'A lot of/lots of/plenty of' are used with both countable and uncountable nouns. There's a lot of juice in this jug ... |
Countable nouns can be counted, eg an apple, two apples, three apples, etc. Uncountable nouns cannot be counted, eg air, rice, water, etc. |
Countable nouns are for things we can count using numbers. They have a singular and a plural form. The singular form can use the determiner "a" or "an". |
Some nouns refer to things which, in English, are treated as separate items which can be counted. These are called countable nouns. Tiếng Việt · Polski · 日本語 · বাঙ্গালি |
We use 'number' with countable nouns. So we would say,'the number of ships', 'the number of chairs' and so on. With uncountable nouns we use the word 'amount'. |
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