23-12-2013, 01:31 AM
Was. "Presents" is the object of the prepositional phrase of "of presents" and not the subject (which is the singular "amount").
Either way, grammatical rules state you use "number" instead of "amount" when it is not a single item, e.g. "a large number of presents" versus "a large amount of water."
Either way, grammatical rules state you use "number" instead of "amount" when it is not a single item, e.g. "a large number of presents" versus "a large amount of water."
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Tofu: People call Tricksters racist, yet we have the most Muslim members of any house.
PCK: If Islam is a religion of peace, and Tricksters have the most Muslims, then is House of Tricksters the house of peace?
Falankos: I always knew that we were the good guys.