标题: 比较句用法？？！！请教Prep2-25 [打印本页] 作者: shiwen66666 时间: 2009-11-15 13:55 标题: 比较句用法？？！！请教Prep2-25 请教Prep2-25 There is a widespread belief in the United States and Western Europe that young people have a smaller commitment to work and a career than their parents and grandparents and that the source of the change lies in the collapse of the "work ethic." (A) a smaller commitment to work and a career than their parents and grandparents (B) less of a commitment to work and a career than their parents and grandparents (C) a smaller commitment to work and a career than that of their parents and grandparents (D) less of a commitment to work and a career than their parents and grandparents had (E) a lessening of the commitment to work and a career that their parents and grandparents had 这道题答案是D 请教smaller & less of的用法作者: shiwen66666 时间: 2009-11-15 14:14
顶作者: shiwen66666 时间: 2009-11-15 15:24
顶作者: joywu1221 时间: 2009-11-15 16:02 标题: smaller + accountable; less + uncountable smaller + accountable; less + uncountable作者: shiwen66666 时间: 2009-11-15 16:53
smaller + accountable; less + uncountable
-- by 会员 joywu1221 (2009/11/15 16:02:35)
o。。。那smaller 和 fewer有什么区别？作者: smbody 时间: 2009-12-20 05:55
feelings (like commitment, love, passion, etc.) are thought of in terms of more(greater) or less, as unquantified substances. we cannot use Smaller for commitment because commitment is neither a physical size, not number or quantity.作者: floraliuyz 时间: 2009-12-20 15:58
smaller 和 fewer 都修饰 可数名字
