Too damn highswade2569@lemmy.world to Antique Memes Roadshow@lemmy.world – 549 points – 1 years agoi.imgur.com43Post a CommentPreviewYou are viewing a single commentView all commentsThank you for using "number of" instead of incorrectly using amount as is the current trend.I can’t claim too much credit, this meme is from the before times.Non-native here, can you explain why?I wouldn't worry about it much but "amount" should be used with uncountable nouns, "number" with countable nounsAh thanks! It's kinda weird to me, but I guess it makes sense in the context of English having distinct words for countable and notAmount 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.
Thank you for using "number of" instead of incorrectly using amount as is the current trend.I can’t claim too much credit, this meme is from the before times.Non-native here, can you explain why?I wouldn't worry about it much but "amount" should be used with uncountable nouns, "number" with countable nounsAh thanks! It's kinda weird to me, but I guess it makes sense in the context of English having distinct words for countable and notAmount 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.
Non-native here, can you explain why?I wouldn't worry about it much but "amount" should be used with uncountable nouns, "number" with countable nounsAh thanks! It's kinda weird to me, but I guess it makes sense in the context of English having distinct words for countable and notAmount 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.
I wouldn't worry about it much but "amount" should be used with uncountable nouns, "number" with countable nounsAh 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
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
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.
Thank you for using "number of" instead of incorrectly using amount as is the current trend.
I can’t claim too much credit, this meme is from the before times.
Non-native here, can you explain why?
I wouldn't worry about it much but "amount" should be used with uncountable nouns, "number" with countable nouns
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
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.