>>>Sounds like a reason to require dangerous dog owners to have large liability insurance coverage, thus reducing the amount of dangerous dogs
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>>And the number of dangerous dogs, too.
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>>SET PEDANTIC ON
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>>Not meaning to pick on you in particular, Bob, but "number" and "amount" are not synonyms. Number is for things you can count ("number of students"), while amount is for things you can't count ("amount of information").
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>>While we're at it, use "fewer" for number ("fewer students") and "less" for amount ("less information").
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>>SET PEDANTIC OFF
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>Someone was just saying that the other day at the grocery store while we waited in the "10 ITEMS OR LESS" line.

I heard it used correctly in a radio commercial (in a context that is almost always used incorrectly) and almost drove off the road in surprise (well......not really but it was a shock