大全164--fewer和less的修饰

Mayanist

以下是引用笨笨可可在2008-7-2 3:57:00的发言：

1.        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）

(E) less of certain pollutants than those burning gasoline or diesel fuel

首先我对于D和E的看法是这样的。。D fewer修饰的是可数名词pullutants，than后面补足了助动词does，但是缺陷就是than后面不对称了。

E的看法是less of我认为修饰不可数名词，than后面对称，但是我认为最好补充出do。。

所以这都有问题，那不存在正确答案。。

open to dicusss.

这一题体现逻辑至上！ Vehicles  emit  less  x  than  those (vehicles do) x， 唯一满足这个逻辑对等关系的是E，更具体一点是：Vehicles powered by NG emit less than those burning GD （do）

我将less of certain pollutants 理解为 less amount of certain pollutants, certain某些（种类），不然就会写成fewer certain pollutants，因为longman dictionary of comtemporay english 就有这个例子：Although low-sulfur coal produces fewer pollutants, it's more expensive to mine.

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