[分享] number vs amount

mariezhu

Number is regularly used with count nouns *a large number of mistakes* *any number of times* while amount is mainly used with mass nouns *annual amount of rainfall* *a substantial amount of money*. The use of amount with count nouns has been frequently criticized; it usually occurs when the number of things is thought of as a mass or collection *glad to furnish any amount of black pebbles New Yorker* *a substantial amount of film offers Lily Tomlin* or when money is involved *a substantial amount of loans E. R. Black*

bon

不错，想起了以前我问的一个问题，还没人答

numbers are greater(not more) than ...

This clause-members are more than...-is right or not ?

marie,can you help？

mariezhu

我觉得number之间应该是one is greater than the other,不能用more than

如果说到名词,比如gg提到的member,可以说there are more than 5 members in this club. I have more than five vases in my house等,

还可以说the number of the members in this club is greater than 5. 但是说member is more than 某个数字  好像不太妥当,因为member和数字完全不同,无法比较,可以试图改变说法,改成more than 5 members....

没有背景,乍看之下,可能想得不太完全,GG请包涵

dreadpower

   好总结！！mariezhu 什么时候考？？

   这些总结都有备案吗？？留着整理一下，献给语法区吧

   有兴趣来做斑竹吗？？？

mariezhu

以下是引用dreadpower在2004-5-14 17:13:00的发言：

   好总结！！mariezhu 什么时候考？？

   这些总结都有备案吗？？留着整理一下，献给语法区吧

   有兴趣来做斑竹吗？？？

大概7/8月份考, GG呢?

这些都是随手找到的东西, 大部分已经同步帖出来了, 一小部分零零散散地存在电脑里,还比较乱,不过一定会及时整理了奉献给大家.

斑竹? 很有兴趣的样子,如果能为这个网站贡献一份力量我当然很乐意了.不过也很怕自己尚未达到众位GG的高度啊

dreadpower

    我就考了，21号

    考完想辞职了，实在事情比较多，这里照顾不来。

   

日本王八

我也想当斑竹！！赫赫。