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Dictation errors: will "amount"/"number" always modify a singular/plural noun that's will be in a prep phrase?
In other words when deciding whether or not to use amount or number in dictation..
>will "amount" always modify a singular noun in a prep phrase
>and will "number" always modify a plural noun in a prep phrase?
>or can they modify sing/plural nouns elsewhere/that will not always necessarily be in a prep phrase?
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- RoseLv 71 decade agoFavorite Answer
No; they can be nouns as in ...Twenty comes after nineteen......I was a complete fool in my thirties.
An amount is normally a weigh-able quantity and usually uncountable.