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Is there a prefix for “infinite”?
I was looking for a prefix I could prepend to a word to mean an infinite amount of the thing the word describes. I eventually found someone with the same question, and since there were no answers, I ...
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“Amount of boxes” vs “number of boxes” in non discrete graph
I have a graph where I show number of boxes that a machine can service per minute. The data may not always give a whole number (for example, a machine may be able to service 2.3 boxes / per minute).
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“Amount” vs. “number” vs. “quantity”
For what values of x does one write the number of x, the amount of x, or the quantity of x?