swade2569@lemmy.world to Antique Memes Roadshow@lemmy.world · 1 year agoToo damn highi.imgur.comimagemessage-square46fedilinkarrow-up1563arrow-down110
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minus-squareHemlock@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoThank you for using “number of” instead of incorrectly using amount as is the current trend.
minus-squareswade2569@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoI can’t claim too much credit, this meme is from the before times.
minus-squareQuazarOmega@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoNon-native here, can you explain why?
minus-squaretauonite@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoI wouldn’t worry about it much but “amount” should be used with uncountable nouns, “number” with countable nouns
minus-squareQuazarOmega@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoAh 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
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