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My understanding is that we use "number" for discrete variables and
"amount" for continuous variables.

So you can say "The amount of flour required depends on..." or, "Last
night I consumed a large amount of beer!".

And, "That tank contains a large number of fish" or, "Over the week I
consumed a number of cases of beer."

I think that features are discrete, so the man page would read "...the
number of features will make your head spin!".
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@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ FILE). The command is designed to work without user interaction.
curl offers a busload of useful tricks like proxy support, user
authentication, ftp upload, HTTP post, SSL connections, cookies, file transfer
resume and more. As you will see below, the amount of features will make your
resume and more. As you will see below, the number of features will make your
head spin!
curl is powered by libcurl for all transfer-related features. See