The phrase "amount of backtracking" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the extent or quantity of revisiting previous steps or decisions in a process, often in contexts like problem-solving or programming.
Example: "The amount of backtracking required to solve the puzzle was more than I anticipated, making the task much more complex."
Alternatives: "level of backtracking" or "degree of backtracking".
When constructing, there are many false starts, moments of musing and experimentation, times of uncertainly, and a fair amount of backtracking.
It's a shame, then, that the game's 1992 sequel, often cited as the outstanding game of the Sonic series, over-complicated its stages with confusing pathways and a rhythm-disrupting amount of backtracking.
There is no amount of backtracking and truth bending that can make this right.
"The comments from Andrew Marr appear to be outside the BBC's editorial guidelines, and no amount of backtracking can change that".
Indeed, if we are not able to find a better solution within a specified amount of backtracking tries (100M nodes as an example), then it is more likely because first placed operations constrain the efficiency and therefore must be changed.
However, the review also noted that, contrary to Kobayashi's claim, "Dante simply doesn't have nearly as many weapons as he did in DMC3" and found that "the amount of backtracking and repetition makes the game feel somewhat half-heartedly finished in the design department".
Myst's only drawbacks are holdovers from the original PC game some smaller items are difficult to click, it's easy to lose the plot, and a couple of the puzzles involve annoying amounts of backtracking.
Large amounts of backtracking occur rarely, and seem to come when the economy is changing course, confusing investors as to whether the old trend is over.
You will save yourself a lot of backtracking.
"The result of Norad's noncompliance will be to delay hearings which we had previously scheduled for January and which will require a significant amount of staff backtracking," he said.
Dolce & Gabbana sort of backtracked on their comments yesterday.
