amount or number.
Hola me podríais decir la diferencia entre amount and number.
¿Tiene que ver para contables e incontables. ??? ¿Es correcta la palabra o es incorrecta '?
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And yes, amount can be used either way.
It's a large amount. (es mucho)
The amount is 3
This latter is used in final prices for a bill or check a lot.
The amount of your bill is $17.35.
Rogpax's answer is great. In addition I will add a few examples.
La respuesta a Rogpax es excelente. Además, agregaré pocos ejemplos.
Here are some examples (Hay algunos ejemplos):
What was the total number of people that attended the movie?
What was the total amount of people that attended the movie?
In these following sentences, you cannot interchange amount and number:
En las siguentes oraciones, no puedes intercambiar 'amount' y 'number'.
Son, did you learn your numbers today at school?
I will assign each of you a number and I want you to get in line according to the number I give you. I shall number you now, 'one, two, three, and you are number four.
I don't think the cashier gave me the right amount of cash.
I need to know the total amount before I will reimburse you.
He will never amount to much. (He won't ever be very successful).
Number - is usually used for numbers. (normalmente números), y tambíen como un verbo para asignar un número a una persona, cosa, etc.
Amount - is the sum total of all that you are counting: money, people, things
(normalmente la cantidad, suma, valor)
I think you mean 'amount' and 'number'
When used in the sense of 'quantity', then amount and number are synonyms.
Amount can also be a verb with meanings roughly of equals or sums
Number can also be a verb 'to assign numbers" or a noun, as in 'numero'
But I think in the context you're asking about, they are probably the same.
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