The amount of electricity generated by solar panels per square meter per day

word choice

The word amount is used in the singular to convey a single quantity: noun 1.0 A quantity of something, especially the total of a thing or things in number, size, value, or extent:

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Better way to indicate "a large amount of

A Wikipedia article tells us that: A problem is regarded as inherently difficult if solving the problem requires a large amount of resources, whatever the algorithm used for solving it. What is a...

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Differences between Amount, Count, Number and Quantity

I believe that amount should only be used for uncountable things, like "pudding" number and count should only be used for countable things, like "baby aardvarks" quantity can be used for

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"Amount to" vs "Amount for"

What is the main difference between "amounts for" and "amounts to"? As much as I know they are phrasal verbs of amount. The meaning of "amounts to" can be easily found by

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word choice

You were taught correctly. "Amount" is the total of anything, "number" is a symbol or word indicating how many, and "quantity" is the amount or number of things; ability to be

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quantifiers

In addition to ''amount'' changing the sense, I think you''d preferably use ''amounts'' rather than ''amount'' -- specifically because they are two differently measured amounts, and a

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The amount of VS The number of, etc

Grammar Amount of or number of? We use amount of with uncountable nouns. Number of is used with countable nouns: We use a huge amount of paper in the office every day. The amount of

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grammar

If you said ''they will grow'', you''d presumably be referring to the individual apples, but instead you are talking about the -amount- that will grow. This is confusing because both

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Amount vs amounts?

I need a small amount of milk in this recipe (generally implies a single dose). Same application for Ireland''s small amount (viewed as a total amount). I need to add small amounts

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Charge payment "to", "on", or "against" a credit card/an account

When we want only a certain amount charged on the card (say you know you''re near your limit and fear going over, or you''re splitting the tab unevenly) you say, Please charge this amount

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