[求助]请教fewer of用法

shanj

og 107

The adjective little modifies "mass nouns" (e.g., water), which refer to some undifferentiated quantity; the adjective few modifies "count nouns" (e.g., services), which refer to groups made up of distinct members that can be considered individually.

mass nouns　是金山词霸翻译是物质名词，根据og修饰的是无差异的集合含义的名词。

shanj

og 107

The adjective little modifies "mass nouns" (e.g., water), which refer to some undifferentiated quantity; the adjective few modifies "count nouns" (e.g., services), which refer to groups made up of distinct members that can be considered individually.

mass nouns　是金山词霸翻译是物质名词，根据og修饰的是无差异的集合含义的名词。

richardchu86

个人观点，本题中，fewer和less可以用来表达不用的意义：

Fewer表示种类上的‘少’

less表示量上的‘少’

skylinepipi

good point!

sycrwang

fewer 有两种词性， adj ,pron， 无名词

less有名词词性，此题必须用less of , not fewer of (抛开后面比较对象问题）

less of + countable/non-countable 都可。

注意less 和 less of 是不同的，XDF的说法break OG 98

georgetseng

fewer of语法上不能说绝对错。fewer=更少的；fewer of =其中更少的。
fewer of pollutants=更少种pollutants；less of pollutants = smaller amount of pollutants。所以164 E)中用fewer of 显然不行。
比较一下用法：
1） less water; fewer apples: 多少/数量的比较，可数用fewer，不可数用less
2） less pollutants; fewer pollutants: 前者指smaller amount of pollutants； 后者指fewer types of pollutants
3） less of certain pollutants; fewer of certain pollutants: 与2）同。没有人说less certain pollutants或fewer certain pollutants，所以必须得有of。less = smaller amount (or a less degree of); fewer=fewer types。less of的这种用法其实字典（或语法辞典）里都没有特别的解释，可能是因为大家日常用多了形成的，所以只能记住。

Austen1985

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
less of 在例句中是修饰emit 的，意思是“较小程度上”less of 和more of , 固定搭配

leopoldshi

我觉得究竟用fewer of 还是 less of 要看你修饰的语义，如果是用在这里，那么排放出来的污染物减少了应该主要指的是废气量的变化，而不是说废气中含有的物质种类减少，所以用来形容气体量的变化应该是用less of才合理。

天蝎座1107

以下是引用leopoldshi在2009-3-5 17:34:00的发言：
我觉得究竟用fewer of 还是 less of 要看你修饰的语义，如果是用在这里，那么排放出来的污染物减少了应该主要指的是废气量的变化，而不是说废气中含有的物质种类减少，所以用来形容气体量的变化应该是用less of才合理。

rt,o(∩_∩)o...

先表扬一下

在做题过程中貌似只要是emit和cost就必用less。虽然fewer也有可能是修饰后面的名词不是要来修饰emit或者cost，但正确答案都给的是把fewer改成less来修饰动词emit或者cost.

其实还是取决于修饰什么了。但是fewer并一定就错，基本上在没有跟动词挨在一起的时候都可以用啊，例如前面例子中的fewer of ...还有and relatively fewer...怎样怎样。还是看fewer前面的动词如果是emit和cost那就要用less了。其他情况看fewer所修饰的名词是可数还是不可数。

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Iris007

重要观念!!!THX!
            

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