The phrase "amount of dirt" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a specific quantity or measurement of dirt, often in contexts related to gardening, construction, or cleaning.
Example: "After the excavation, we measured the amount of dirt that needed to be removed from the site."
Alternatives: "quantity of dirt" or "volume of dirt".
"You've got a great number of people that you want to find, and you've got a certain amount of dirt that's left.
Finally, if you find yourself in hand-to-pincer combat, remember that even a small amount of dirt or water will disable robot sensors.
The filters show up an astonishing amount of dirt after just a few cycles, which really hits home how dirty the air we breathe in is.
But it is much more public, in part because Jackson has long maintained a side business as a best-selling author, sharing more than the ordinary amount of dirt.
The new results increase the water estimate to about 40 gallons, and by estimating by amount of dirt excavated by the impact, calculated the concentration of water for the first time.
But Mr. Evans's vision has attracted the ire of his potential neighbors in an exclusive enclave below, as well as the Santa Monica Mountain Conservancy, who together deplore the road that would be built to get to the development — one that would snake up with switchbacks — and the amount of dirt trucked in and out of the site.
A recipe was distributed, and Steve proudly measured and mixed the proper amounts of dirt and water and placed the mixture into an aluminum meatloaf pan.
That is if you consider trace amounts of dirt, animal and bird feces, topnotch yard chemicals, and road-runoff suspended in the gentle waves akin to swill.
On the plus side, the dry mode picked up prodigious amounts of dirt, fuzz and crumbs as it charged around a hallway, even popping in to a bathroom for an extended look-see.
One of the agency's own employees later reported that the facility was receiving "large amounts of dirt and other solid waste," and that there was no record it had been granted a state permit.
But suggest that my kids play the slowest moving sport of all time which involves copious amounts of dirt, and tell me to sit outside in the blazing sun for a double header while corralling the children not currently playing...and I will seriously question our friendship.
