amount vs number

[ctivnan]

Knowing your count and noncount nouns will help in understanding the usage of 'amount' and 'number'.

AMOUNT precedes noncount nouns, while NUMBER precedes a count nouns.

e.g.
amount of food/ information / stuff / water / sand / flour / furniture
a number of bottles / pens / dictionaries / people / chairs / tables

[lasher]

Hey now MsC,

I hope you don't mind; this brought up a question for me. :confused:

I'm unfamiliar with the terms count/noncount nouns, could you explain the difference between common/proper nouns and count/noncount nouns for me, Please?

I will appreciate mucho and I thank you in advance.......:thankyou:

[erik]

this was a good explanation plurality is in effect in here as well, am I right?

[ctivnan]

Hey now MsC,

I hope you don't mind; this brought up a question for me. :confused:

I'm unfamiliar with the terms count/noncount nouns, could you explain the difference between common/proper nouns and count/noncount nouns for me, Please?

I will appreciate mucho and I thank you in advance.......:thankyou:

Hi there lasher!

We have a thread on count and noncount nouns which explains their difference. You can view it at: http://english-coffee.com/showthread.php?t=15

Proper Nouns

- these are nouns that refer to or names a specific person, place, or thing. You can identify them easily because they start with capital letters. co

common nouns

- these are the nouns that refer to / name a general person, place, or thing. They are usually ot capitalized unless they start a sentence.

e.g
Proper: Manila
Common: city

Proper: Macintosh
Common: computer

Proper: English Coffee
Common: community forum

Thanks for your question! :wave:

[ctivnan]

this was a good explanation plurality is in effect in here as well, am I right?

:thankyou::laugh:

Yes erik, plurality is in effect because when we refer to 'number' we use plural count nouns. For 'amount' we use noncount nouns which are always singular in form.

:yey: