Jan 20, 2011 · You were taught correctly. "Amount" is the total of anything, "number" is a symbol or word indicating how many, and "quantity" is the amount or number of things; ability to be …

Grammar Amount of or number of? 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. The amount of …

Jun 23, 2015 · The word amount is used in the singular to convey a single quantity: noun 1.0 A quantity of something, especially the total of a thing or things in number, size, value, or extent: …

Jan 22, 2015 · In addition to 'amount' changing the sense, I think you'd preferably use 'amounts' rather than 'amount' -- specifically because they are two differently measured amounts, and a …

I believe that amount should only be used for uncountable things, like "pudding" number and count should only be used for countable things, like "baby aardvarks" quantity can be used for …

Apr 23, 2012 · If you said 'they will grow', you'd presumably be referring to the individual apples, but instead you are talking about the -amount- that will grow. This is confusing because both …

Oct 11, 2018 · The past tense, and past participle of "split" is "split". I don't think that "splitted" is grammatical, though I dare say it gets used.

Smaller in amount, value, or importance, especially in a comparison between two things: chose the lesser evil. Of a smaller size than other, similar forms: the lesser anteater. Lesser refers to …

Oct 1, 2015 · The least or smallest amount or quantity possible, attainable, or required. As defined by the Oxford Dictionary, minimum is a quantitative representation of the smallest amount …

Jan 13, 2016 · It all depends on if your subject is singular or plural. In your direct example it would be "fourteen pennies are" because the subject is "pennies" and it is plural. In your explanation …