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Originally Posted by lawgal
And along with that, 'amount of pnms' was posted in a thread yesterday or today. Not sure if amount is used properly - at least it sounded odd to me. One of our grammer experts would probably know.
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Amount is a sum-total quantity. Example is the amount of mess on the floor when two decks of cards and scoresheets are on the floor.
Number: individuals in the sum. An example: the number of cards on the floor when your toddler gets your Bridge set out of the drawer!
Above quote would have been correct when talking about the number of pnms. We know they're all individuals.