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70. Employment costs rose 2.8 percent in the 12 months that ended in September, slightly less than they did in the year that ended in the previous quarter. A, less than they did B, less than it did C, less than they were D, lower than E, lower than they were
关于Manhattan中RON对于less 的解释如下：
"lower" cannot be used with countable things. in general, i can only think of three types of nouns for which you can use "lower" as a quantifier: 1/ mathematical quantities (things that can be represented by actual numbers) e.g. this number is lower than that other number this percentage is lower than that other percentage （文中比较的是2.8percent 和现在的percent，岂不是符合了文中用lower???) this interest rate is lower than that other interest rate ... so, note that one amount of money can be "lower" than another amount of money. 2/ abstract ideas that aren't necessarily numbers, but that can be thought of as somewhat quantitative (i.e., you can conceptualize the idea of "more" or "less" for these things, even though you can't assign numbers to them) e.g. i hold Jim in lower esteem than i hold his brother. these tasks have lower priority than those other tasks 3/ things that are literally (= physically) lower than other things e.g. the elevation of MedellÃn is lower than that of Bogotá the ceiling in my new apartment is lower than the one in my old house under no circumstances can a countable plural noun be "lower" than another countable plural noun, unless you are referring to differences in physical height (e.g., my ceilings are lower than yours -- this means that they are physically closer to the ground, not that there are fewer of them!)
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