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cooperqi

16. Because natural gas is composed mostly of methane, a simple hydrocarbon, vehicles powered by natural gas emit less of certain pollutants than the burning of gasoline or diesel fuel.
(A) less of certain pollutants than the burning of gasoline or diesel fuel
(B) fewer of certain pollutants than burning gasoline or diesel fuel do
(C) less of certain pollutants than gasoline or diesel fuel
(D) fewer of certain pollutants than does burning gasoline or diesel fuel
(E) less of certain pollutants than those burning gasoline or diesel fuel

cooperqi

less怎么理解，pollutants为什么不用fewer?

wxiaobin

这题我也有疑问

gemj

此题前人讨论过。

wxiaobin

是什么帖子，能指点么？

braveMBA

这里emit是动词，后面跟less比较合适，因为less可以做名词，而fewer不可以。