请教less than和fewer than

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In the major cities of industrializedcountries at the end of the nineteenth century, important public

places such as theaters, restaurants,shops, and banks had installed electric lighting, but electricity

was in less than one percent of homes,where lighting was still provided mainly by candles or gas.

(A) electricity was in less than onepercent of homes, where lighting was still

(B) electricity was in less than onepercent of homes and lighting still

(C) there were less than one percent ofhomes with electricity, where lighting was still being

(D) there was less than one percent ofhomes that had electricity, having lighting that was still

(E) less than one percent of homes hadelectricity, where lighting had still been

OA:A

D答案给出的解释是was应该改成were对应one percent of homes复数

那么A答案不是也错了吗？既然one percent of homes是复数，为什么不是electricity in fewer than one percent of homes with electricity？

非常困惑。现在一遇到less than和fewer than就区分不清楚。求教这两个词组除了单复数外到底有什么本质区别。

什么时候less than又可以用在名词是复数的前面？

谢谢！

单调唱

In the major cities of industrialized countries at the end of the nineteenth century, important public

places such as theaters, restaurants,shops, and banks had installed electric lighting, but electricity

was in less than one percent of homes,where lighting was still provided mainly by candles or gas.

(A) electricity was in less than one percent of homes, where lighting was still

(B) electricity was in less than one percent of homes and lighting still

(C) there were less than one percent of homes with electricity, where lighting was still being

(D) there was less than one percent of homes that had electricity, having lighting that was still

(E) less than one percent of homes hadelectricity, where lighting had still been

OA:A

A中用was，是因为electricity是主语啊。less than是修饰one percent的，less than one percent 修饰homes。


D中there be结构，谓语与宾语主谓一致，less than one percent of homes。核心词是homes，是复数形式的。


还有，亲~你每次问题能不能向我上面那样，把题目处理一下。不然看得真的很麻烦~稍微处理下，让每个帮你回答的人都看得更清楚，这样不好些么。


个人意见。。。参考一下就好了~等大牛来指正

qiaowin88637

谢谢！ 明白了已经。

论坛代码。。

erickyu

SC里 THERE BE 还跟从句的基本必错无疑