原来你在ics吧说了那么一通，你也是蒙查查地乱说一通后到这里搬救兵啊？
哈哈哈，这水平了得。

http://painintheenglish.com/case/928

the most common mistake of this kind is to refer to an “amount” of people instead of a “number” of
股沟以上，结论明显。

网站是华盛顿州立大学的：
This is a vast subject. I will try to limit the number of words I expend on it so as not to use up too great an amount of space. The confusion between the two categories of words relating to amount and number is so pervasive that those of us who still distinguish between them constitute an endangered species; but if you want to avoid our ire, learn the difference. Amount words relate to quantities of things that are measured in bulk; number to things that can be counted.
In the second sentence above, it would have been improper to write “the amount of words” because words are discrete entities which can be counted, or numbered.
Here is a handy chart to distinguish the two categories of words:
amount number
quantity number
little few
less fewer
much many
You can eat fewer cookies, but you drink less milk. If you eat too many cookies, people would probably think you’ve had too much dessert. If the thing being measured is being considered in countable units, then use number words. Even a substance which is considered in bulk can also be measured by number of units. For instance, you shouldn’t drink too much wine, but you should also avoid drinking too many glasses of wine. Note that here you are counting glasses. They can be numbered.
The most common mistake of this kind is to refer to an “amount” of people instead of a “number” of people.
Just to confuse things, “more” can be used either way: you can eat more cookies and drink more milk.
Exceptions to the less/fewer pattern are references to units of time and money, which are usually treated as amounts: less than an hour, less than five dollars. Only when you are referring to specific coins or bills would you use fewer: “I have fewer than five state quarters to go to make my collection complete.”


无法证明。证明出可以的都是chinglish.

请看牛津词典上的例句：We had any amount of people applying for the job.

呵呵，我的牛津没有这样的例句。你举证的规矩懂么？

链接发不出

牛津词典在线里有这个例句

先进牛津词典在线，再输amount,再点击More Results里的any amount of这个词条就行了

哦，不是牛津，是剑桥词典在线

不知道这里在争论什么，路过帮你发上来：
any amount of
= a very large amount of
e.g. We had any amount of people applying for the job.
(Cambridge Online Dictionaries)
= a great deal or number of:
e.g. The second half produced any amount of action.
(Oxford Online Dictionaries)
= used to say that there is plenty of something, and no more is needed:
e.g. The school has any amount of resources and equipment.
(Longman Online Dictionary of Contemporary English）


谢谢高手Mr.IP

amount剑桥词典在线：
a collection or mass especially of something which cannot be counted
啥意思？【especially of something which cannot be counted】