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Jessicamessica
Hello!
Everyone has the same amount of points.
or
Everyone has the same number of points.
Which one is correct and why?
Thank you!
10 sty 2025 12:44
Odpowiedzi · 4
Both are fine.
12 sty 2025 16:32
The correct sentence is:
"Everyone has the same number of points."
Why?
* "Amount" is used for uncountable nouns (e.g., water, money, sugar).
* "Number" is used for countable nouns (e.g., points, apples, chairs).
Since "points" are countable, "number" is the appropriate choice.
11 sty 2025 01:06
The only difference is that in #1, "points" are imagined to be a non-countable noun like "water", "hope", or "salt":
"Everyone has the same amount of water"
"Everyone has the same amount of hope"
"Everyone has the same amount of salt".
However, the partition of nouns into two categories, countable and non-countable, is almost never absolute. There are nouns that land more frequently in one category or the other, but no law commands that they must remain there. "Point" is usually a countable noun, so #2 would be spoken more commonly than #1. That does not mean that #1 is wrong. You can say #1 if you choose to think of "points" as something that can flow like water.
I personally would say #2. To me, points don't feel like something that flows.
10 sty 2025 21:52
They are equally correct and completely synonymous in this case.
10 sty 2025 19:25
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Jessicamessica
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