关于比较中数字的问题。谢谢~~~

taner

GWD-8-Q41:

When drive-ins were at the height of their popularity in the late 1950’s, some 4,000 existed in the United States, 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 of that amount

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

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

答案C 我选的是D。

请问 此处number 与amount是不是不是可比概念，另外one-quater+n.是不正确的表达方式吗？ 为什么 twice sth.就可以？

taner

谢谢~~~

leadwest

drive-in是汽车旅馆没错吧？

这是可数名词，因此less错，只能用few。排除A,D,E.

B,C 之间，显而易见选C。