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Amount Number Accidents Steadily Increasing Noun Uncountable Plural

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Keyword amount
Sub Entry Number 1
Type of Sentence
Error Sentence The amount of accidents is steadily increasing.
Correct Sentence The number of accidents is steadily increasing.
Cloze Error Sentence The [[amount]] of accidents is steadily increasing.
Cloze Sentence The [[number]] of accidents is steadily increasing.
Cloze Answer number
Choices amount | number
Explanation

amount of + uncountable noun

number of + plural countable noun

Compare: 'an amount of money', 'a number of coins'

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