Speak English Right - 12:20:16

Good morning.

Today, I’ll give you two more words that are often confused by Chinese English learners. I’ll give their definitions and show you how to use them.

Words

amount 

number 

Use amount with quantities that cannot be counted. Use number with things that can be counted.

Example:
a small amount of lotion, a large amount of profit 

a number of books, a number of delegates 

Practice

I want a small amount of water in my soup.

I want a number of things for Christmas.

We got a small amount of rain yesterday.

We had a number (a lot of) of people at our Christmas party.

I want a small amount of pepper on my steak.

We had a large number of steaks to choose from.

Learn the meanings and definitions of each of these. I would suggest that you listen to this lesson three times so that you can learn it better. You’ll get more used to listening and hearing it. You’ll also get more used to saying it.

That’s all for today.

Goodbye for now.

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