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4 Panel comic with 2 snails.
Panel 1:
Left snail craws behind right snail and asks: 'English is difficult. When do we use "many" and when do we use "much"?
Panel 2:
Right snail answers: '"Many" is for nouns that are countable, like apples. "Much" is for nouns that are not countable, like water.
Panel 3:
Left snail concludes: 'So we should say "many rational numbers" and "much real numbers"?
Panel 4:
Right snail is turned around to look (with pain?) at left snail.
@StefanMuelller @lexiconista I’m noticing everyone around me (in the Netherlands though, so English as a second language) using “amount” for countable things instead of “number”. Is that a real trend?
@bart @StefanMuelller @lexiconista In American English one would say "number of apples" when talking about whole apples rather than "amount of apples"
"amount" would be for something that's measured rather than counted. Amount of water or flour for a recipe. If you needed a specific number of grams or volume of apples ( or applesauce ), then you could use amount