Quantity is more formal than amount or number. A quantity of or quantities of can be followed by a countable noun or an uncountable noun. They are most commonly used with an adjective such as huge, big, large, small: … She’s made a tremendous amount of progress since the accident. He liked to carry a large amount of money around with him. More @Wikipedia
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