wolfand
Member
- Joined
- Nov 24, 2010
- Member Type
- Student or Learner
- Native Language
- Korean
- Home Country
- South Korea
- Current Location
- Australia
I'm a Korean man who studying English, suffering from the fundamental differences between two languages.
The most hardest concept for Korean is, I think, a variety of types of nouns, among which, nouns relating to quantity and number make Korean people depressed.
My questions are as follows.
1. Personally, I believe that "the number" includes the meaning of "the amount", "the quantity" and that kinds of other words. If so, could I use "the number" as a substitute for "the amount" to paraphrase in writing?
2. That kind of word choice could be a kind of minus point of my writing?
3. Provided that, Could I use the same adjective to decorate my opinion?
For example,
1) The number of people from Korea(3,000) is ~~ than that of people from Japan(2,000).
2) The amount of water used in Korea is ~~ than that of water used in Japan
Could I use the adjectives of higher, larger, bigger, greater, more enourmous, more gigantic, lower, smaller and shorter in the abovementioned both sentences?
PS. I'm affraid that I might not express my opinion and problems I have because of lack of my English skill.
The most hardest concept for Korean is, I think, a variety of types of nouns, among which, nouns relating to quantity and number make Korean people depressed.
My questions are as follows.
1. Personally, I believe that "the number" includes the meaning of "the amount", "the quantity" and that kinds of other words. If so, could I use "the number" as a substitute for "the amount" to paraphrase in writing?
2. That kind of word choice could be a kind of minus point of my writing?
3. Provided that, Could I use the same adjective to decorate my opinion?
For example,
1) The number of people from Korea(3,000) is ~~ than that of people from Japan(2,000).
2) The amount of water used in Korea is ~~ than that of water used in Japan
Could I use the adjectives of higher, larger, bigger, greater, more enourmous, more gigantic, lower, smaller and shorter in the abovementioned both sentences?
PS. I'm affraid that I might not express my opinion and problems I have because of lack of my English skill.
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