sc07530.02 Sunday papers

Alaska17

In the six-month period that ended on September 30, the average number of Sunday papers sold by the company was 81,000 less than the comparable period a year ago.

A) the average number of Sunday papers sold by the company was 81,000 less than
B) on average, the number of Sunday papers sold by the company was 81,000 less than it was
C) the company sold an average of 81,000 fewer Sunday papers than in
D) the company averaged sales of 81,000 fewer Sunday papers than what it did in
E) the average sale of Sunday papers for the company was 81,000 less than what they were in


答案C。谁解惑一下，sold an average of 81,000 fewer Sunday papers是什么意思啊。啥叫平均少卖了啊。。理解不了。
在今年，公司平均少卖了81份报纸，和去年同期比。怎么个平均法啊？？

IreneGao

想问一下这道题为什么A,B,E用less不对呢？很多人都说”we are talking about papers“所以可数名词应该用fewer，但我觉得这里比较的主语不是"numbers"吗？那么如果用fewer岂不是在数”一个number两个numbers“...? 我觉得这里形容number本身的程度，所以用less没问题呀？
对应在Manhattan SC 70页也提到了，
"If you wish to make a comparison using the word numbers, use greater than, not more than (which might imply that the quantity of numbers is larger, not the numbers themselves):
The rare Montauk beaked griffin is not extinct; its numbers are now suspected to be much GREATER than before"

求NN解答！

长丝弓

Alaska17 发表于 2020-8-29 16:09
平均日销量？周销量？月销量？季度销量？
如果是今年的六个月和去年的六个月，总数比总数，那怎么个平均 ...

有一种可能是每次发行的周日PAPERS的平均销量（当然是同期相比）。一般周日PAPERS，一周发行一次

Alaska17

长丝弓 发表于 2020-8-29 12:48
楼主，开头说了，是截至9月30日，为期6个月；一年前同期是指截至一年前9月30日，为期6个月。当时6个月周日p ...

平均日销量？周销量？月销量？季度销量？
如果是今年的六个月和去年的六个月，总数比总数，那怎么个平均法？

长丝弓

楼主，开头说了，是截至9月30日，为期6个月；一年前同期是指截至一年前9月30日，为期6个月。当时6个月周日papers的平均销量（另，应该是少了八万一千份不是81份吧），供参考