求cost单复数解析

loveathgs · 发表于 2010-4-13 08:38:26

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even though the direct costs of malpractice disputes amounts to a sum lower than one percent of the $541 billion the nation spent on health care last year, docrors say fear of lawsuits plays a major role in health-care inflation.

amounts to a sum lower
amounts to less
amounted to less
amounted to lower
amounted to a lower sum

Q 此处costs可数否？可数的话怎么能用 less呢？

红尘道士 · 发表于 2010-6-28 09:00:58

这里的less和cost没有关系，less than是和more than一样的词组

shijiaxin13 · 发表于 2010-6-28 14:57:26

However,less is idiomatic in certain constructions wherefewer would occur according to the traditional rule. Less than is used before a plural noun that denotes a measure of time, amount, or distance:
然而less 在一定的句法结构中具有成语性质，而其中fewer 以传统的规则出现。 Less than 用在表示一定时间、数量或距离尺度的复数名词前：
less than 50 miles.Less
少于50英里。Less

小小圆子 · 发表于 2017-8-15 10:54:50

Do you say lower than 1 percent ?
less than one percent is the right usage .

这里的数量看成一个整体，是单数

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