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Thank you for using "number of" instead of incorrectly using amount as is the current trend.
Non-native here, can you explain why?
I wouldn't worry about it much but "amount" should be used with uncountable nouns, "number" with countable nouns
Ah thanks!
It's kinda weird to me, but I guess it makes sense in the context of English having distinct words for countable and not