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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Brentie

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Amount of people

  • July 25, 2011, 8:52am

The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on historic principals also defines 'amount'
as:To come up to a number or quantity,the sum total to which anything mounts up
and 'number; as,the sum or aggregate of any collection of individual things or persons.