a large number of 和a large amount of的区别

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　　a large number of 修饰可数名词复数

　　a large amount of 修饰不可数名词
　　
　　首先，我们看看a large number of /a large amount of 与
the large number of /the large amount of 究竟差别在什么地方？ a
......强调重点在of后面的名词，表示“许多”，谓语动词的要求就看那个名词的性质；the......强调重点在of前面，即“number数
目”、“amount数额”，这两个名词一看就是单数，谓语动词的要求很快就确定下来了。例如What is the amount of my
bill? The total amount of the payment is＄4000. The number of the
accidents that happen in the home is [不是are] almost the same as those on
the road. The number of Rwanda refugees having returned home is [不是are]
approaching a million.
　　其次，我们再看看a large number of /a large amount
of后面的名词性质如何？a large number of students, books, animals等可数名词复数；a large
amount of information, money, work, help, pleasure
等不可数名词。这样，与之相关的谓语动词的语法要求很快也确定下来了。例如
There are a large number of students in the classroom. There is a large amount of water in the bottle.
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后，补充说明：an amount of实际使用中还有两个变式（1）a large/certain/enormous amount
（2）amounts of 谓语动词的语法要求和标准式一样。a number of 的第一个变式是a
vast/countless/alarming/increasing number of... 第二个变式numbers
of字典里也有，但似乎不常用。