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- Differences between Amount, Count, Number and Quantity
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 all of the above are measures of "quantity"
- The amount of VS The number of, etc - English Language Usage Stack . . .
The amount of people in the room would sound wrong to many careful speakers of English, while the amount of people in China would not seem so glaringly wrong (though many English-speakers would still consider it questionable)
- word choice - Amount vs. number vs. quantity - English Language . . .
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
- grammar - With amount will you use singular or plural? - English . . .
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 a mass noun and 'data' is naturally taken to be a mass noun but pedantically is considered the plural of a count noun (with the rare 'datum' as the singular)
- verbs - The past participle of split: split or splitted . . .
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
- What is the convention for use of volume or amount in reference to . . .
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 followed traffic as that term has expanded its scope over the centuries I feel volume emphasizes the commodity nature of the data stream and the business of its transport, whereas amount serves better
- word choice - When to use amount vs amounts? - English Language . . .
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 enormous amount of pleasure to many people the substance is harmless if taken in small amounts 1 1 A sum of money:
- Amount vs amounts? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
I need a small amount of milk in this recipe (generally implies a single dose) Same application for Ireland's small amount (viewed as a total amount) I need to add small amounts of milk (probably need to add gradually, while cooking) Ireland's small amounts of waste were being promptly disposed of throughout the year
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