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Small Students Admitted Amount Numbers Noun Uncountable Plural

Idx 0198
Keyword amount
Sub Entry Number 1
Type of Sentence
Error Sentence Only small amounts of students will be admitted.
Correct Sentence Only small numbers of students will be admitted.
Cloze Error Sentence Only small [[amounts]] of students will be admitted.
Cloze Sentence Only small [[numbers]] of students will be admitted.
Cloze Answer numbers
Choices numbers | amounts
Explanation

amount of + uncountable noun

number of + plural countable noun

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

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