[求助]请教fewer of用法

feitian605

I think here "those" must be the most important test point.

angel_0028

I use "fewer of, correct or not" to search in Google.  But there is no answer about "fewer of".  They may not use like that.

mary2010

FEW OF PEOPLE
Less of n (除了ＰＥＯＰＬＥ）

shiwenpp

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Diesel engines burn as much as 30 percent less fuel than gasoline engines of comparable size, as
well as emitting far less carbon dioxide gas and far fewer of the other gases that have been
implicated in global warming.
(A) of comparable size, as well as emitting far less carbon dioxide gas and far fewer of the other
gases that have
(B) of comparable size, as well as emit far less carbon dioxide gas and far fewer of the other gases
having
(C) of comparable size, and also they emit far fewer carbon dioxide and other gases that have
(D) that have a comparable size, and also they emit far less carbon dioxide gas and other gases
that have
(E) that have a comparable size, as well as emitting far fewer carbon dioxide and other gases
having

answer is A.

那这里前面用的是emit，后面的fewer of 怎么解释呢？
我想问一下fewer of和fewer      less 和less of的区别是什么啊？

emily19990112

thanks

xiaoyinihon

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* first of all, the point is moot, as (e) is the only answer choice whose parallelism is anywhere close to correct. the first part of the parallel structure refers to vehicles; (e) is the only choice in which the second part likewise refers to vehicles.

* fewer of those pollutants and less of those pollutants have different meanings.
the former means that, if you made lists of the pollutants from each of the two sources, then one of the lists would be missing pollutants that were on the other list.
the latter means that both lists would contain the same pollutants, but that the quantities would be lower on one side.

* finally, if a substance or quantity is measured with numbers and units - such as 385 ppm - you generally use "uncountable" constructions. for example, all of the following are correct (and the corresponding constructions with "fewer" are incorrect):
this cd cost less than $15.
i weigh less than 215 pounds / my body weight is less than 215 pounds.
the concentration of co2 in the atmosphere is less than 400ppm.
if you care about the underlying linguistic reason, it's because we aren't literally counting these units; they're merely a convenient representation of the underlying uncountable quantity, such as money, weight, or co2 concentration. if you need even more of a rationale, note that i could weigh 214.24235 pounds, and that the co2 concentration could be 375.239857 ppm; if these were countable things, both of those statements would be absurd.

arpelsx

感觉考点就是 those 。
在国外这么多年，很少看到人用fewer 更别说fewer of了 一般都是less