Chris Leighton:

My understanding is that we use "number" for discrete variables and
"amount" for continuous variables.

So you can say "The amount of flour required depends on..." or, "Last
night I consumed a large amount of beer!".

And, "That tank contains a large number of fish" or, "Over the week I
consumed a number of cases of beer."

I think that features are discrete, so the man page would read "...the
number of features will make your head spin!".

diff --git a/docs/curl.1 b/docs/curl.1
index 302174a11ebe12b4e23b7855e8ac674941e66895..0d0a3a12f0b8e34d38769fbe25e226e82b60fb89 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/curl.1
+++ b/docs/curl.1
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ FILE).  The command is designed to work without user interaction.
 
 curl offers a busload of useful tricks like proxy support, user
 authentication, ftp upload, HTTP post, SSL connections, cookies, file transfer
-resume and more. As you will see below, the amount of features will make your
+resume and more. As you will see below, the number of features will make your
 head spin!
 
 curl is powered by libcurl for all transfer-related features. See