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Yummycraft Posted 11 years ago
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the difference between amount of, amounts of, a lot of, lots of, a heap of, heaps of and so on like these

Hello everyone, I have 2 questions
1 I am confusing the difference between a unit of, units of, amount of, amounts of, a lot of, lots of, a heap of, heaps of and so on like these, Could anyone answer me please?

2 When I use a heap of books, or a unit of cards, which is correct "a unit of cards include 12 cards" or "a unit of cards includes 12 cards?" a heap of books has or have?
  

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Hello, yummycraft—and welcome to English Forums. yummycraft 1 I am confused about the difference between a unit of, units of, amount of, amounts of, a lot of, lots of, a heap of, heaps of and so on like these Your question is quite general and there are various answers too broad to deal with here. Basically, the '-s' indicates a plural ( one unit, two units ), but 'a lot of / lots of' and sometimes 'a heap of / heaps of' are idiomatic phrases meaning 'much; many'.

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  • Hello, yummycraft—and welcome to English Forums.
  • yummycraft 1 I am confused about the difference between a unit of, units of, amount of, amounts of, a lot of, lots of, a heap of, heaps of and so on like these Your question is quite general and there are various answers too broad to deal with here.
  • Basically, the '-s' indicates a plural ( one unit, two units ), but 'a lot of / lots of' and sometimes 'a heap of / heaps of' are idiomatic phrases meaning 'much; many'.
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Hello, yummycraft—and welcome to English Forums.
yummycraft1 I am confused about the difference between a unit of, units of, amount of, amounts of, a lot of, lots of, a heap of, heaps of and so on like these
Your question is quite general and there are various answers too broad to deal with here. Basically, the '-s' indicates a plural (one unit, two un
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Thanks a lot Mister

But which is corrcet
a. A unit of cards have 12 cards.
b. A unit of cards has 12 cards.
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yummycraftThanks a lot MisterBut which is corrceta. A unit of cards have 12 cards.b. A unit of cards has 12 cards.
Grammatically it would be "has", but "a unit of cards" is an odd thing to say. "a unit of" is only used with certain specific types of noun, such as measurements (e.g. "a unit of time") or groups of people organised for some purpose (e.g. "a unit
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