A great number of 与 The number of 的区别

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A great number of 与 The number of 的区别

前者是一个形容词性的短语,“很多”的意思,相当于quite a few,后接复数可数名词.
如,A great number of teenagers love playing computer games.
而the number of...是“……的数目”的意思,后面的动词用单数.
如,The number of our class is 69.