The amount of tourists increases every year./ amount of/ number of/ sombre

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WORD OF THE DAY:

sombre
–adjective

1. gloomily dark; shadowy; dimly lighted: a somber passageway.
2. dark and dull, as color, or as things in respect to color: a somber dress.
3. gloomy, depressing, or dismal: a somber mood.
4. extremely serious; grave: a somber expression on his face.

December 2 seems to be a particularly sombre day.

GRAMMAR INCORRECT TO CORRECT:

Incorrect: The amount of tourists increases every year.
Correct: The number of tourists increases every year.

GRAMMAR: Before the plural form of a countable noun [tourists], we use number of . We use amount of before uncountable nouns.

The amount of traffic has been increasing, especially the number of cars.

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