一道GWD的【比较】的题目，请赐教！

amberfuu

When drive-ins were at theheight of their popularity in the late 1950’s, some 4,000 existed in the UnitedStates, 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 ofthat amount

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

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

答案是c

上课老师说less是可数、不可数都可指代的，few指代人。所以我就选了d。但如果不考虑less/few的话，the number... one quarter the amount这个说法是对的么？什么时候用the number的比较什么时候又直接比较东西的多少比较呢？这一点一直有些费解！谢谢各位来帮助或讨论！

amberfuu

吴下锕蒙 发表于 2013-8-5 20:49
less是修饰不可数名词的，应该是你记错了；
常见修饰可数名词和不可数名词的如下(上下一一对应)：

哇懂了！非常感谢！！

吴下锕蒙

less是修饰不可数名词的，应该是你记错了；
常见修饰可数名词和不可数名词的如下(上下一一对应)：

Countable Modifiers        ：many        few        fewer        fewest        number        numerous        More numerous
Uncountable Modifiers        ：much        little        less          least       amount           great                greater

Both countable and uncountable: more, most, enough, and all

high/low与more/ less的区别：

The words more and less are rather flexible. They can be used as Nouns (or Pronouns), adjectives, or Adverbs.
•        I own MORE THAN I should. (more = noun or pronoun)
•        I own MORE SHIRTS THAN I should. (more = adjective)
•        I sleep MORE THAN I should. (more = adverb)
High and low, as well as higher and lower, should only be used as Adjectives.
•        My bills are LOWER than they were last year.
•        Wrong: I spend LOWER than I did last year.
•        I spend LESS than I did last year.


什么时候用the number的比较什么时候又直接比较东西的多少?我没印象有考点考这个区别，应该都行；
但是D the amount前面明显少了of 因为1/4是某个数量的1/4