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Hat gray 40 Posted 9 years ago
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Amount of minutes ; number of minutes
Is it correct to say
Amount of minutes or
Number of minutes
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hat gray 40 Amount of minutes No. hat gray 40 Number of minutes Yes. Generally speaking, 'amount' is for uncountable nouns; 'number' is for countable nouns.
- hat gray 40 Amount of minutes No.
- hat gray 40 Number of minutes Yes.
- Generally speaking, 'amount' is for uncountable nouns; 'number' is for countable nouns.
- Thus, 'amount' goes with singular nouns; 'number' goes with plural nouns.
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hat gray 40Amount of minutes
No.
hat gray 40Number of minutes
Yes.
Generally speaking, 'amount' is for uncountable nouns; 'number' is for countable nouns. Thus, 'amount' goes with singular nouns; 'number' goes with plural nouns.
amount of sugar, amount of wine, amount of nonsense, amount of paper
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