in that last example, after my grammar lesson, he said like for people, we can say 'amount'! (still haven't committed to where that quote/exclamation relationship lies.)
me -no, we say number for people 'cause we can count them.
he -not ALL the people in the world!
me -well, technically they do count all the people, though they may miss a few.
he -but not all the people in CHINA! (we've talked about the huge populations in china and india.)
me -well, yes, there are an awful lot of people in china, but we can still count them, tho we may miss a few by accident.
he -yeah.
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