the amount of后可接复数名词吗
2024-08-15 15:13:07 学考宝 作者:佚名
问题描述
amount of 后面通常是接不可数名词的。有的书上说,amount of 后面只能接不可数名词,不能接可数名词;而有的书上则说,amount of 后面通常接不可数名词,很少(或偶尔)接可数名词。我想请教一下各位专家老师:如何理解这个“很少(或偶尔)接可数名词”,有amount of 后面接可数名词的例子吗?
老师答疑
黎老师:
中国大百科全书出版社2010年1月第1版 《韦氏高阶英语词典》 (Merriam - Webster's Advanced LEARNER'S ENGLISH DICTIONARY)指出:(p.50)
usage Amount is chiefly used with noncount nouns.
· He lost a large amount of money.
· a minimum amount of effort
· They provided only a small amount of information.
It is also sometimes used with plural count nouns, but this use is often criticized as an error.
· There were a large amount of mistakes.
Number is the usual word in such contexts.
· a large number of mistakes
· an increasing number of problems
所以,在amount of后面主要接不可数名词,有时候也接复数可数名词。但是后一种用法经常被认为是错误的。