Qual é a diferença entre ①A tidy sum e ②A tidy sum of e ③A tidy amount of ?Podes indicar apenas respostas exemplo.

Hi guys

tbh I have a lot of questions to ask in my head.
-Does 'A tidy sum' just deal with money, so it only means "a lot of money"?
-Can I just swap ② and ③ with 'a lot of'?
-Can they be used with other things apart from money?
if yes, could you show me some examples where it doesn't have to do with money?

You can just skip my answers above
and any kind of explanation will be welcome!

thanks

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Aloeren

15 mai 2017

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Inglês (EUA)

"a tidy sum" just means a large extent or amount

1) A tidy sum is usually dealt with money, but it can be used with different things too like "a tidy sum of fish" or "a tidy sum of books"

2) Yes, you can switch it with "a lot of", just make sure you actually do have "a lot of" it

3) Yes, they can be used apart from money. I gave examples up there, but here are more:
-"a tidy sum of apples"
-"a lot of apples"
-"a tidy amount of apples"
-"a tidy sum of pencils"
-"a lot of pencils"
-"a tidy amount of pencils"
-"a tidy sum of happiness"
-"a lot of happiness"
-"a tidy amount of happiness"

You can use these phrases with any noun.

But, it's more common to say, "have a lot of" or "have many." :)

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Aloeren

15 mai 2017

Inglês (EUA)

"a tidy sum" just means a large extent or amount

1) A tidy sum is usually dealt with money, but it can be used with different things too like "a tidy sum of fish" or "a tidy sum of books"

2) Yes, you can switch it with "a lot of", just make sure you actually do have "a lot of" it

3) Yes, they can be used apart from money. I gave examples up there, but here are more:
-"a tidy sum of apples"
-"a lot of apples"
-"a tidy amount of apples"
-"a tidy sum of pencils"
-"a lot of pencils"
-"a tidy amount of pencils"
-"a tidy sum of happiness"
-"a lot of happiness"
-"a tidy amount of happiness"

You can use these phrases with any noun.

But, it's more common to say, "have a lot of" or "have many." :)

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Togetnuance

16 mai 2017

Coreano

@Insfire wow thanks a million. Now there is no need to ask about 'a tidy' anymore thanks to you.

But can I ask one more questions? (It's not about my original question though)
I saw you write ' A tidy sum is usually dealt with money' and I'm wondering at the moment.
Can 'deal with' be used in that way? I mean I've seen 'Subject+deal(s) with+Object' and 'Object+be dealt with' used a lot but I hadn't seen 'Noun be dealt with Noun'.

thank u again!!