When “I gotta post on this” turns into “no one cares what I think” real quick. (I almost deleted this)
Or I don’t know how to write what I want to say
Language arts teacher here: for a generation that conducts the majority of your social life in text format… You should have paid more attention in my class!
For me it’s half the time when a community requires a language and my preferred app doesn’t support selecting one yet.
And yet here we are.
[Insert Padme/Anakin 4 panel meme] [Padme]: But you’re going to reply to this comment, aren’t you?
[Padme]: Aren’t you?
Thank you for using “number of” instead of incorrectly using amount as is the current trend.
I can’t claim too much credit, this meme is from the before times.
Non-native here, can you explain why?
Amount is for things you cannot count. For example, an amount of water. If you can count it, use number of.
HOWEVER, English is not a dead language, so the definition of amount may just be changing.
