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 measured.

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: sport gives an …

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 'amount' is …

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 time it took …

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 either, and …

Apr 11, 2020 · Traffic volume has been idiomatic for a very long time, going back to shipping in the 16th century. Volume made a bit more literal sense when talking about wine or timber, but has faithfully …

Oct 29, 2020 · Should the currency sign (¤) come before, or after the amount of money? Should it be "¤ 1.00", or "1.00 ¤"? Should there be a space between ¤ and the amount?

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 singular …

Amount: a quantity of something, typically the total of a thing or things in number, size, value, or extent. But for amount the second meaning given is " a sum of money ", EX: They have spent a colossal …

Besides How to say the total amount?, questions Rule for adding "and" or hyphens between numbers that are spelled out fully in text and Reading out numbers in english and How to write numbers in …