补充250-151，152

caterpillar

151.With total sales of less than three hundred thousand dollars and fewer new subscribers than last year, the New England Theatre Company is in danger of losing its building.
(A) of less than three hundred thousand dollars and fewer
(B) lower than three hundred thousand dollars and less
(C) lesser than three hundred thousand dollars and fewer
(D) fewer than three hundred thousand dollars and less
(E) of fewer than three hundred thousand dollars and of fewer
答案是A。但是less无论是修饰sales还是修饰dollars都说不过去，因为它们都是可数名词啊？我选的是E。


152.A recent New York Times editorial criticized the city’s election board for, first of all, failing to replace outmoded voting machines prone to breakdowns, and secondarily, for their failure to investigate allegations of corruption involving board members.
(A) secondarily, for their failure to
(B) secondly, for their failure to
(C) secondly, that they failed and did not
(D) second, that they failed to
(E) second, for failing to

答案是E。
但是second只能做名词和形容词，不能做副词，放在这里好象不合适呀。而且按照平行原则，first of all是副词词性，这里也应该用secondly才对应啊。当然，后面的for短语也应该用for failling to比较好。所以我觉得应该是secondly, for failing to才是标准答案。那位NN快给我指导一下！

caterpillar

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dreadpower

less可修饰可数名词：名词(如 sales, population，weight) + of + less than 常用，在此 less 作名词用

      第2题讨论过，感觉好象没讨论出结果，或者你找找看讨论的帖子？

caterpillar

谢谢！这一说好象想起来以前也遇到过less的类似用法，只是没有总结出规律。

ReedSong

less确实可以用来修饰可数名词，尤其是在距离、金额和一些固定习语中常用。

查了一些Merriam-Webster,找到了如下的依据：

Less is more likely than fewer to modify plural nouns when distances, sums of money, and a few fixed phrases are involved <less than 100 miles> <an investment of less than $2000> <in 25 words or less> and as likely as fewer to modify periods of time <in less (or fewer) than four hours>.

tianwan

and second (of all),