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harlequin · 发表于 2006-2-3 22:16:00

以下是引用jjll在2005-9-30 13:53:00的发言：

尝试给这题下个结论吧:

less在这里做a smaller amount解(Longman)。less of指a smaller amount of，后可跟可数亦可跟不可数。没有fewer of的用法。

如果去掉of，则little/less修饰不可数，few/fewer修饰可数，后直接跟名词。但less也可修饰可数的时间，数量，或距离。no less than, or less也可用于可数。

fewer一般只用于修饰人。

原来是同意jjll的总结了。但是今天看到这道题，觉得less of 还是在作比较。这里Less不是在修饰种类，既不是说pollutants减少，而是各种pollutant的量减少，pollutant是不可数的，当然用less。

前人观点：）

demon_hunter · 发表于 2006-4-28 14:36:00

以下是引用jjll在2005-9-30 13:53:00的发言：

尝试给这题下个结论吧:

less在这里做a smaller amount解(Longman)。less of指a smaller amount of，后可跟可数亦可跟不可数。没有fewer of的用法。

如果去掉of，则little/less修饰不可数，few/fewer修饰可数，后直接跟名词。但less也可修饰可数的时间，数量，或距离。no less than, or less也可用于可数。

fewer一般只用于修饰人。

Totally agree with the idea that there is no "fewer of".
"There are fewer people here" is correct, but "There are fewer of people here" is not.

Let's Fight,
Demon Hunter

mengshmily · 发表于 2006-5-11 16:37:00

我觉得重点不是说less of和fewer of修饰复数还是单数问题，而因该是less做名词，同时表示少量的，同时又能包含比较的意思。如果less做比较级，就不太能够理解of 的作用。第二点，是than后面的比较，我的理解those是指代vehicles，而如果能够补出do，E选项就更合适了。

MichelleZhang · 发表于 2006-5-25 02:12:00

以下是引用solome在2003-12-9 17:52:00的发言：

以下引用的是gemj gg10月8号的帖子

首先pollutants是可数名词复数，见LONGMAN2003解释和例句：

pollutant noun [countable]
a substance that makes air, water, soil etc dangerously dirty, and is caused by cars, factories etc
air/environmental/water etc pollutants
- New regulations will reduce hazardous air pollutants.
- a dumping ground for toxic pollutants
chemical/industrial etc pollutants
- industrial pollutants in the lake

其次，LESS一般修饰（指代）不可数名词，但也可以指代可数名词，请见该词典的解释：

less 2 determiner, pronoun
a)
less of
The map covered less of the area than I'd thought.
Flying is less of a risk than driving.

less 2
b) used to mean 'fewer' or 'not as many', although many people think this use is incorrect ￚopposite more
- There were less people there than we expected.
我想A）与B）结合起来便有了less of certain pollutants的说法。

除了这个帖子，我又查了韦氏，补充一下韦氏上面的关于fewer，less的用法：

The traditional view is that less applies to matters of degree, value, or amount and
modifies collective nouns, mass nouns, or nouns denoting an abstract whole while
fewer applies to matters of number and modifies plural nouns. Less
has been used to modify plural nouns since the days of King Alfred and the usage,
though roundly decried, appears to be increasing.
Less is more likely than fewer to modify plural nouns when distances, sums of
money, and a few fixed phrases are involved

例：less than 100 miles
an investment of less than $2000
in 25 words or less

同时在修饰periods of time时，less 和 fewer 可以替换
例：in less (or fewer) than four hours

这个有用，谢谢~！

所以一般不能说 fewer words, fewer miles...right?

那fewer of是可用的吗？还是不能用。只有 less of。？