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[Jonathan Lighter]

A paradigm ex., from _Great Planes_ on the Military Channel, this year:

"The total amount of T-38's and F-5's produced is 3,429."

JL



On Sat, Jun 30, 2012 at 4:35 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>wrote:

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> I've been noticing "amount" as the TV substitute of choice for "number" for
> a good amount of years now.  "Number" is still used, of course, but the
> Inglish crowd vastly prefers "amount," and has done so for, I'd say, at
> least a decade.
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> On Sat, Jun 30, 2012 at 4:24 PM, Victor Steinbok <aardvark66 at gmail.com
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> > I recorded two instances of "amount" under similar circumstances in TV
> > commercials, but lost the scrap of paper I wrote them on. I'll keep an
> > eye out for the other instances. Both times it was a part of the
> > "eyewitness" statement or a testimonial, apparently in an attempt to
> > make the lines sound more authentic. In case you can't tell, I'm a big
> > skeptic when it comes to advertising testimonials.
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> > VS-)
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> > On 6/30/2012 4:10 PM, Wilson Gray wrote:
> > > "How many speakers _is_ enough? Choosing the right _amount_ of speakers
> > =85"
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