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The phrase "amounts about" is not correct in standard written English.
It is not a commonly used expression and may confuse readers.
Example: "The total costs amounts about $500, which is higher than expected."
Alternatives: "is approximately" or "comes to around".
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The size of flow amounts about 120 dm3/min and the pressure to about 30 Mpa.
"He knows massive, massive amounts about the subjects he paints".
Like actors, journalists often end up knowing strange amounts about niche areas.
They follow politics obsessively and know shocking amounts about the inside workings of Washington.
"I now know vast amounts about the Dreyfus affair, I know vast amounts about vitrines in Paris at the turn of the century and I know more than I could ever want to know about about nazi bureaucracy in 1938.
Over the years, I have learned immense amounts about netting, wiring and the efficacy of natural substances designed to repel deer.
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Source material for the review amounts to about 130 references.
That amounted to about 2.6 percent of G.D.P.
That amount, about $9.4 million, was owed by about 15 clients.
I also think we learnt a huge amount about ourselves.
And there's a surprising amount about people with handicaps".
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