GWD-8-41没人讲过

Q41: When drive-ins were at the height of their popularity in the late 1950’s, some 4,000 existed in the United States, but today there are less than one-quarter that many.

A. there are less than one-quarter that many

B. there are fewer than one-quarter as many

C. there are fewer than one-quarter of that amount

D. the number is less than one-quarter the amount

E. it is less than one-quarter of that amount

这题目GWD里答案是C  

XDF课上说除了人用FEWER,其他都用LESS   这里看来又不对   请教NN

XDF课上说除了人用FEWER,其他都用LESS   这里看来又不对   请教NN

兄弟你是在哪的XDF听的?我是北京06的.石林肯定没这么说过.

其实它们的区别是初中语法,第一次听说我也很汗..现在的水平啊.....唉~~~数学肯定是不如以前了.

正题:

Fewer和less分别是few和little的比较级形式。要了解less和fewer的区别，就请记住名词有可数不可数之分。可数名词有复数形式，比如 "pencils"、"airplanes"还有"games"。不可数名词则没有复数形式，比如"money"、"water"、 "hear"。在可数名词前用few或者fewer,而在不可数名词前用little或者less。

然而还要知道，一般认为fewer更正式一点，所以你可能听见人们在可数和不可数名词之前都用less。口语中这样使用不能算错，但是在书写、或者正式讲话中人们会注意这点，并认为这是错误的用法。

Only seven people this century have been killed by the great white shark, the man-eater of the movies—less than those killed by bee stings.

1. movies—less than those
           
2. movies—fewer than have been
           
3. movies, which is less than those
           
4. movies, a number lower than the people
           
5. movies, fewer than the ones

这个答案就是E了,发现有的可数名词在比较时也有用less的

NN能不能详细解释一下这俩词的用法..急!!!!

XDF说过，LESS THAN 后面一般加数字，所以应该排除C选项啊。fewer than 后面加可数名字复数。所以这题应该是D啊。还是不明白为什么是C。

Only seven people this century have been killed by the great white shark, the man-eater of the movies—less than those killed by bee stings.

1. movies—less than those
           
2. movies—fewer than have been
           
3. movies, which is less than those
           
4. movies, a number lower than the people
           
5. movies, fewer than the ones