GWD-8-Q41 the number of drive-ins CD牛牛答案错

Antaphia

When drive-ins were at the height of their popularity inthe late 1950’s, some 4,000 existed in the United States, but today thereare less than one-quarter that many.

A.   there are less than one-quarter that many

B.   there are fewer than one-quarteras 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

牛牛们答案C，OA是B，C错的原因是amount 只能用来指代不可数


Manhattan员工解释为：

recall that "amount" is a construction that can only be used to refer to UNCOUNTABLE quantities -- i.e., continuous quantities / mass nouns, which are not divided into distinctly countable units.
for instance, you can have an "amount" of water, furniture, etc., but you CANNOT have an "amount" of people, items, etc.

this sentence is very clearly speaking about a countable quantity -- thenumber (not "amount") of drive-in theaters. since that's countable, any choice with "amount" can be eliminated immediately.



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u_knowless

那D错还是错在a number 没有指代咯？

浩浩熊

之前看过prep语法笔记里的一道题目，说as many=a number that is equal to another number 我还以为误导我呢 原来是答案错了 这道题应该选B

zxl851003

OMG,也就是说现在答案是B了？我看懂你的解释了，是很很原则的考点，但是我对B选项那句话不太理解，many放在后面是什么用法？麻烦楼主给讲讲吧