[讨论]prep2# 185

185.       (26406-!-item-!-188;#058&001926)    (GWD-8-Q41)

When drive-ins were at the height of their popularity in the late 1950s, 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

答案是B， 我选的C 。。。这道题一点思路都没有～请指教

这是一个争议题来着,楼主可以搜搜以前的贴(用GWD的题号)

C. there are fewer than one-quarter of that amount -the amount 只能用于不可数名词