一道GWD的【比较】的题目，请赐教！

amberfuu · 发表于 2013-8-5 18:36:29

When drive-ins were at theheight of their popularity in the late 1950’s, some 4,000 existed in the UnitedStates, 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 ofthat amount

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

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

答案是c

上课老师说less是可数、不可数都可指代的，few指代人。所以我就选了d。但如果不考虑less/few的话，the number... one quarter the amount这个说法是对的么？什么时候用the number的比较什么时候又直接比较东西的多少比较呢？这一点一直有些费解！谢谢各位来帮助或讨论！

吴下锕蒙 · 发表于 2013-8-5 20:49:31

less是修饰不可数名词的，应该是你记错了；
常见修饰可数名词和不可数名词的如下(上下一一对应)：

Countable Modifiers       ：many       few       fewer       fewest       number       numerous       More numerous
Uncountable Modifiers       ：much       little       less       least    amount          great             greater

Both countable and uncountable: more, most, enough, and all

high/low与more/ less的区别：

The words more and less are rather flexible. They can be used as Nouns (or Pronouns), adjectives, or Adverbs.
•       I own MORE THAN I should. (more = noun or pronoun)
•       I own MORE SHIRTS THAN I should. (more = adjective)
•       I sleep MORE THAN I should. (more = adverb)
High and low, as well as higher and lower, should only be used as Adjectives.
•       My bills are LOWER than they were last year.
•       Wrong: I spend LOWER than I did last year.
•       I spend LESS than I did last year.

什么时候用the number的比较什么时候又直接比较东西的多少?我没印象有考点考这个区别，应该都行；
但是D the amount前面明显少了of 因为1/4是某个数量的1/4

amberfuu · 发表于 2013-8-5 21:11:52

吴下锕蒙发表于 2013-8-5 20:49
less是修饰不可数名词的，应该是你记错了；
常见修饰可数名词和不可数名词的如下(上下一一对应)：

哇懂了！非常感谢！！

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