"amount" Vs "amounts"

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f2001290: Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts; Posts: 400; Joined: Sat Mar 10, 2007 4:04 amFollowed by: 1 member; Thanked: 1 times

by f2001290 » Mon Apr 30, 2007 11:09 pm

What is the difference between "amount of money" and "amounts of money"?

What is the difference between "amount to" and "amounts to"?

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bhumika.k.shah: Legendary Member; Posts: 941; Joined: Sun Dec 27, 2009 12:28 amFollowed by: 1 member; Thanked: 20 times

by bhumika.k.shah » Sun Feb 21, 2010 10:22 am

I think amount to and amounts to depends upon the subject of the sentence.

Subject Verb agreement required accordingly.

f2001290 wrote:What is the difference between "amount of money" and "amounts of money"?

What is the difference between "amount to" and "amounts to"?

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by harsh.champ » Sun Feb 21, 2010 10:38 am

f2001290 wrote:What is the difference between "amount of money" and "amounts of money"?

What is the difference between "amount to" and "amounts to"?

the difference between "amount to" and "amounts to"-It depends whether the subject is singular or plural.
For singular-we will use "amounts to"
For plural -we will use "amount to"

No difference in meaning though.

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by prinit » Sun Feb 21, 2010 10:47 am

f2001290 wrote:What is the difference between "amount of money" and "amounts of money"?

What is the difference between "amount to" and "amounts to"?

Amount of money, correct usage.
Amounts of money does not sound correct to me. for example the numbers of is always wrong on GMAT.

Your purchase amounts to 300USD and the amount to be paid is 300USD.

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by shashank.ism » Sun Feb 21, 2010 10:54 am

"amounts to" is used for singular , "amount to" is used for plural

also money being taken as a single entity rather a common noun so amount of money is correct....amounts of money is never used..

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