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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
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Amount / number

One needs to put in an incredible [1] amount / number of work and an innumerable [2] amount / number of hours just to acquaint oneself with the literature of a chosen topic in a PhD research.

[1] amount
[2] number

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azfar Is my answer correct? Yes, but few if any native speakers would say "an innumerable number of hours". They say 'countless hours'.

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azfarIs my answer correct?
Yes, but few if any native speakers would say "an innumerable number of hours". They say 'countless hours'.