[求助]请教fewer of用法

gemj

以下是引用dreadpower在2004-1-2 22:18:00的发言：
我在GEMJ编的SC大全，RC大全和CR大全中搜索了一遍，几乎没有用Fewer of 的，只有在CR中找到两个例子（举其中一个）：At meals that included alcohol, relatively more of the total calories consumed came from carbohydrates and relatively fewer of them came from fats and proteins.

          因此产生了一些疑问，fewer of 这个表达对吗？？

既然出现过，那就可以这么用啊。
“公理”是有百害而无一益。尤其是一些毫无根据的自称为公题的东西。

cissy

总结得好啊！顶!

sv2000

搞明白啦

Ichase

few and little's comparative formation is less. it does not care with the few and fewer in this sentence. and fewer is also can use as little. so that is why fewer is not point in this sentence.

jjll

以下是引用dreadpower在2004-1-2 22:18:00的发言：
在XDF听课笔记上摘录了这么一句话：Fewer of 必错 less of 或者 more of 修饰前面状语

         我在GEMJ编的SC大全，RC大全和CR大全中搜索了一遍，几乎没有用Fewer of 的，只有在CR中找到两个例子（举其中一个）：At meals that included alcohol, relatively more of the total calories consumed came from carbohydrates and relatively fewer of them came from fats and proteins.

         因此产生了一些疑问，fewer of 这个表达对吗？？
         还可参见下面的题目：大全164

164.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

    答案是E。比如把E选项的less of改为fewer of ，对吗？？？

我想前一句的fewer和后一句的less的词性是不同的，这也是为什么前一句可以用fewer的原因。前面的fewer是代词，把后面的of them去掉不影响，而后句的less of是限定词，certain pollutants不能去。在做限定词时似乎只有less of这一种用法，而没有fewer of。

Ropis

牛。。

psycheyaoyao

白勇说fewer修饰人的,不知道是否可用来做解释,呵呵

puppytiger

ding...

sun_luna

米国人也很为难啊！

http://www.boston.com/news/globe/ideas/articles/2006/04/02/less_is_more/

追逐梦想2006

以下是引用gemj在2004-1-5 4:45:00的发言：
google上搜索来的：

Fewer or Less?

Use fewer with objects that can be counted one-by-one.

Use less with qualities or quantities that cannot be individually counted.

Incorrect: There were less days below freezing last winter.

Correct: There were fewer days below freezing last winter.
(Days can be counted.)

Correct: I drank less water than she did.
(Water cannot be counted individually here.)

When referring to time or money, less is normally used even with numbers. Specific units of time or money use fewer only in cases where individual items are referred to.

Examples:
I have less than an hour to do this work.
I have less time to this work.
I have less money than I need.
I have less than twenty dollars.
He worked fewer hours than I did.


The only occasion in which you might say, "I have fewer than twenty dollars," would be when you were talking about specific dollar bills or coins, such as "I have fewer than twenty silver dollars in my collection."

GEMI这段论述，可以被verbal review证实。见：

Forms of comparison．"Many forms follow precise constructions．Fewer refers to a specific number, whereas less than refers to a continuous quantity．

Example：

Correct：“There were fewer children in my class this year．”Incorrect：“There were less children in my class this year．”

Correct：“There was less devastation than 1 was told．”Incorrect：“There was fewer devastation

than 1 was told．”

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