a large quantity of people?

[joham]

Sorry, the page of my last post about "quantity" didn't show. So I mistakely repeated the post.

[Teia]

Sorry, the page of my last post about "quantity" didn't show. So I mistakely repeated the post.

I agree with our moderator, Anglika, when she says that quantity is something that is measurable in number, amount, size, or weight - and is not a word generally associated with"people"; number/numbers is more suitable.

Here is the link:

http://www.usingenglish.com/forum/as...ty-people.html

Additionally, I`d say that you can use a large group of people as well.