OG12 SC 139 关于profit是否可数

篮子里的幸福

The company announced that its profits declined much less in the second quarter than analysts had expected it to and its business will improve in the second half of the year.正确答案：had expected and that its business would improve.
OG上说profit是可数的，但是less不是修饰不可数名词吗？这是怎么回事呢？

adriana2011

OG这道题目的less 应该是修饰decline下降的程度，是做adv。 不是修饰profits的

篮子里的幸福

附上2道题的题目

139. The company announced that its profits declined much less in the second quarter than

analysts had expected it to and its business will improve in the second half of the year.

(A) had expected it to and its business will improve

(B) had expected and that its business would improve

(C) expected it would and that it will improve its business

(D) expected them to and its business would improve

(E) expected and that it will have improved its business

102. As rainfall began to decrease in the Southwest the middle of the twelfth century, most of the

Monument

Valley

Anasazi abandoned their homes to join other clans whose access to water was

Less limited.

(A) whose access to water was less limited

(B) where there was access to water that was less limited

(C) where they had less limited water access

(D) with less limitations on water access

(E) having less limitations to water access

102. As rainfall began to decrease in the Southwest the middle of the twelfth century, most of the

Monument

Valley

Anasazi abandoned their homes to join other clans whose access to water was

Less limited.

(A) whose access to water was less limited

(B) where there was access to water that was less limited

(C) where they had less limited water access

(D) with less limitations on water access

(E) having less limitations to water access

篮子里的幸福

当且仅当出现具体数字时用fewer修饰（7个人，10个房子），其余情况下的“更少”都用less修饰，甚至产量，利润也用less修饰。

-- by 会员 jiaoguitar (2012/7/1 12:00:38)

谢谢~
不过，大家要注意和OG12 SC 102的解释，limitations is a countable quantity, so it must be modified by fewer, not less. OG不是自相矛盾吗？profits和limitations明明是同样用法的东西啊……

jiaoguitar

当且仅当出现具体数字时用fewer修饰（7个人，10个房子），其余情况下的“更少”都用less修饰，甚至产量，利润也用less修饰。