Pain in the English
Pain in the English

Unpacking English, Bit by Bit

A community for questioning, nitpicking, and debating the quirks and rules of the English language.

Pain in the English
Pain in the English

Unpacking English, Bit by Bit

A community for questioning, nitpicking, and debating the quirks and rules of the English language.

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user110623

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February 20, 2021

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  • February 20, 2021, 3:34am

I remember teaching the rule in 8th grade English: amount for nouns that cannot be counted and number for objects that can be counted. An amount of sugar in a cake but a number of cups of sugar in the cake.