求问一道题关于population可数不可数

AHH705

Poor weather in early 14th-century Europe created meager harvests, causing the result of mass starvation in some areas and the elimination of as many as 15 percent of the population.        

       

		causing the result of mass starvation in some areas and the elimination of as many as
		causing the result of mass starvation in some areas and eliminating as much as
		resulting in mass starvation in some areas and the elimination of as much as
		and resulted in mass starvation in some areas and the elimination of as many as
		causing mass starvation in some areas and the elimination of as many as

       

               
               

此题答案为C

那是不是也就是说15 percent of the population是不可数的？

有哪位朋友能帮我确认一下，谢谢！

kluivert

As much as修饰15 percent  比分比

读这句话的时候就感觉是强调的15%

看到一个有趣的分析

He drinks as many as three bottles of milk a day.

[size=14.666666984558105px]In this sentence, the focus is bottles, and the number of bottles is important.

[size=14.666666984558105px]But, this sentence also seems acceptable:

He drinks as much as three bottles of milk a day.

In this sentence, the focus is milk, the quantity of milk