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view or view of the world

amount or amount of violence

enoonamount or amount of violence

If it were so, the sentence would be the combination of ' it (TV) has also been criticized for the amount of violence' and 'it brings the amount of violence into the home'.

Would 'it (TV) brings the amount of violence into the home' really make sense?

(e.g I know the amount of

But he does usually drink the amount of beer that you know he does. And the TV brings the amount of violence that it is criticized for into the home. I grant you the substitution sounds unidiomatic, but the sense of it is sound, and that is the test. We use the relative clause in the first place because that's the way we talk, and not the other way.

Then what about this?

We know the number of people that downloaded music from the internet last year.

Do you think 'that' refers to 'the number of people'?

I am not used to plugging in antecedents like this, though I think it is a sound procedure. But yes, the known number of people.

The truth is, the original was actually this:

We know the number of people who downloaded music from the internet last year.

As it is 'who', it refers to 'people', doesn't it?

TakaThe truth is, the original was actually this:We know the number of people who downloaded music from the internet last year.As it is 'who', it refers to 'people', doesn't it?

I'd say so.

Then, when we have 'the number/the amount of X that/which', 'that/which' doesn't necessarily refer to 'the number/the amount of X' ,but it's possible that it refers to X alone, isn't it?

I'm too literal-minded for this. "Number" can mean "number of people". It oscillates in my head. I hope Mister Micawber is reading this. He knows how to teach English to Japanese speakers.

enoonI'm too literal-minded for this. "Number" can mean "number of people"

I don't think 'The number downloaded music from the Internet' makes sense. 'The number' here is the sum or quantity, and so is 'the amount'.

OK, let see what MM, or others, have to say.