a large amount of people用单数还是复数（a lot of people后用is还是are）

a large number of people用复数，例如：

A larege number of people have applied for the job.许多人申请了这份工作（摘自《牛津词典》）（本句中，a larege number of people 后面用了复数谓语动词have applied for the job）

a large amount of people，短语的意思是许多人，是表示的复数。