NUM

No — say "a large number of people". Use 'number' for countable things like people or cars, and 'amount' for uncountable things like water or time.

Definition

n. a word or number that describes how many of something there are. You use this when you are counting things or talking about an amount.

n. a word, symbol, or figure representing a mathematical value or quantity. Often used to identify a specific item in a series or to quantify a mass.

Often followed by the preposition 'of' when quantifying a group of items.

a large amount of people

a large number of people

Use 'number' for countable things like people or cars, and 'amount' for uncountable things like water or time.

Grammar