[求助]请教fewer of用法 - ChaseDream

以下是引用dreadpower在2004-1-2 22:18:00的发言：
我在GEMJ编的SC大全，RC大全和CR大全中搜索了一遍，几乎没有用Fewer of 的，只有在CR中找到两个例子（举其中一个）：At meals that included alcohol, relatively more of the total calories consumed came from carbohydrates and relatively fewer of them came from fats and proteins.

因此产生了一些疑问，fewer of 这个表达对吗？？

以下是引用dreadpower在2004-1-2 22:18:00的发言：
在XDF听课笔记上摘录了这么一句话：Fewer of 必错 less of 或者 more of 修饰前面状语

      我在GEMJ编的SC大全，RC大全和CR大全中搜索了一遍，几乎没有用Fewer of 的，只有在CR中找到两个例子（举其中一个）：At meals that included alcohol, relatively more of the total calories consumed came from carbohydrates and relatively fewer of them came from fats and proteins.

      因此产生了一些疑问，fewer of 这个表达对吗？？
      还可参见下面的题目：大全164

164.Because natural gas is composed mostly of methane, a simple hydrocarbon, vehicles powered by natural gas emit less of certain pollutants than the burning of gasoline or diesel fuel.
(A) less of certain pollutants than the burning of gasoline or diesel fuel
(B) fewer of certain pollutants than burning gasoline or diesel fuel do
(C) less of certain pollutants than gasoline or diesel fuel
(D) fewer of certain pollutants than does burning gasoline or diesel fuel
(E) less of certain pollutants than those burning gasoline or diesel fuel

答案是E。比如把E选项的less of改为fewer of ，对吗？？？

以下是引用gemj在2004-1-5 4:45:00的发言：
google上搜索来的：

Fewer or Less?

Use fewer with objects that can be counted one-by-one.

Use less with qualities or quantities that cannot be individually counted.

Incorrect: There were less days below freezing last winter.

Correct: There were fewer days below freezing last winter.
(Days can be counted.)

Correct: I drank less water than she did.
(Water cannot be counted individually here.)

When referring to time or money, less is normally used even with numbers. Specific units of time or money use fewer only in cases where individual items are referred to.

Examples:
I have less than an hour to do this work.
I have less time to this work.
I have less money than I need.
I have less than twenty dollars.
He worked fewer hours than I did.

The only occasion in which you might say, "I have fewer than twenty dollars," would be when you were talking about specific dollar bills or coins, such as "I have fewer than twenty silver dollars in my collection."

Forms of comparison．"Many forms follow precise constructions．Fewer refers to a specific number, whereas less than refers to a continuous quantity．

Correct：“There were fewer children in my class this year．”Incorrect：“There were less children in my class this year．”

Correct：“There was less devastation than 1 was told．”Incorrect：“There was fewer devastation

The adjective little modifies "mass nouns" (e.g., water), which refer to some undifferentiated quantity; the adjective few modifies "count nouns" (e.g., services), which refer to groups made up of distinct members that can be considered individually.

mass nouns　是金山词霸翻译是物质名词，根据og修饰的是无差异的集合含义的名词。

less有名词词性，此题必须用less of , not fewer of (抛开后面比较对象问题）

Because natural gas is composed mostly of methane, a simple hydrocarbon, vehicles powered by natural gas emit less of certain pollutants than the burning of gasoline or diesel fuel.
(A) less of certain pollutants than the burning of gasoline or diesel fuel
(B) fewer of certain pollutants than burning gasoline or diesel fuel do
(C) less of certain pollutants than gasoline or diesel fuel
(D) fewer of certain pollutants than does burning gasoline or diesel fuel
(E) less of certain pollutants than those burning gasoline or diesel fuel
less of 在例句中是修饰emit 的，意思是“较小程度上”less of 和more of , 固定搭配

以下是引用leopoldshi在2009-3-5 17:34:00的发言：
我觉得究竟用fewer of 还是 less of 要看你修饰的语义，如果是用在这里，那么排放出来的污染物减少了应该主要指的是废气量的变化，而不是说废气中含有的物质种类减少，所以用来形容气体量的变化应该是用less of才合理。

在做题过程中貌似只要是emit和cost就必用less。虽然fewer也有可能是修饰后面的名词不是要来修饰emit或者cost，但正确答案都给的是把fewer改成less来修饰动词emit或者cost.