百分比的比较用less than还是fewer than？

rayinwhite

Whendrive-ins were at the height of their popularity in the late 1950s, some4,000 existed in the United States, but today there are less thanone-quarter that many

A. there are less than one-quarterthat many

B. there are fewer than one-quarter as many

C. there are fewer than one-quarterof that amount

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

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

[size=13.3333px]这题正确答案是B, 用fewer than，因为后面跟的是as many=4,000 drive-ins

California, whichamounts to a little less than half the population of the state, down fromnearly three-quarters only a decade ago

A. which amounts to a little less than half thepopulation of the state, down from nearly three-quarters only a decade ago

B.which amounts to a little less than half thepopulation of the state, down from a decade ago, when it was nearlythree-quarters

C. and that amounts to a little less than half thepopulation of the state, down from a decade ago, when they were nearly three-quarters

D. amounting to a little less thanhalf the population of the state, down from nearly three-quarters a decade ago

E.amounting to a little less than half the population of the state, down fromwhat it was a decade ago by nearly three-quarters

[size=13.3333px]这题正确答案选d，可是用less than，但后面跟的应该是可数名词（half the population)

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[size=13.3333px]ron说过

[size=13.3333px]if you see "less than [%/fraction] of [THING YOU CAN COUNT]" versus "fewer than [%/fraction] of [THING YOU CAN COUNT]", then "less" is wrong and "fewer" is right.

所以这边是题2的题设有问题吗？求大神解答

joe11

population 不是可数名词

ttc0720

人口是个概念，单数名词