老题新问GWD-8-Q41，至今没有定论：B or C

caopp

GWD-8-Q41:

When drive-ins were at the height of their popularity in the late 1950’s, some 4,000 existed in the United States, but today there are less than one-quarter that many.

 

A.      there are less than one-quarter that many

B.      there are fewer than one-quarter as many

C.      there are fewer than one-quarter of that amount

D.      the number is less than one-quarter the amount

E.       it is less than one-quarter of that amount

B套用了两个比较结构：fewer than, as many(as),可以吗？

是否可以根据amount修饰不可数排除C,D,E?

到底正确答案是什么？

AlienX

prep上有

annajulira

新PREP2中答案是B fewer 和 as many搭配，以前也讨论过的。

lovelydingye

关于这道题，我有2个问题。1，less是不是只可以修饰不可数，还是都可以修饰。修饰可数是不是只可以用few.

2. amount的用法，是不是可以修饰可数不可数呀啊？谢谢解答。

cuishang11

人不能跟the amount比较多少

rucky521

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路吉儿

kevinli120

我觉得答案是 A

GWD-8-Q41:
                

When drive-ins were at the height of their popularity in the late 1950’s, some 4,000 existed in the United States, but today there are less than one-quarter that many.

单独修饰分数，用less不用fewer，修饰 分数+of+n，由所修饰的n决定用less还是fewer

修饰可数名词用many，修饰不可数名词用amount。drive-ins是可数名词，所以用amount的全错，排除CDE，剩下AB。

B选项 there are fewer than one-quarter as many

as many结构错误，应该as many as，这是次要，关键在于as放在one-quarter和many之间，不能形成什么的几分之几这种结构。那么fewer应该就近修饰one-quarter，而修饰分数应该用less。

其实答案A之所以对，只要理解less than one-quarter这个结构是一个意群即可，或者理解成1/5，1/6之类的，也是一个分数，less than修饰one-quarter。1/5 that many完全可以理解成分数+of+n这个结构，由可数n决定用fewer不用less

因此这题我认为选A

didaxx

我认为应该同意PREP 给出的答案B , 理由如下：

1、few修饰可数名词  less修饰不可数的内容(这一点在OG12的基本语法知识讲解中明确说到了，并举了例子)

drive-in：A drive-in is a restaurant, cinema, or other commercial place which is specially designed so that customers can use the services provided while staying in their cars.

drive-in是可数名词， 因为A、E用less来修饰drive-in，所以可以马上排除A和E;

2、amount是用来修饰不可数名词的(字典中的释义：The amount of something is how much there is, or how much you have, need, or get.)，many是修饰可数名词的，many本身可以做表数量的代词（字典中的内容：Also a pronoun. 例句：We stood up, thinking through the possibilities. There weren't many. ）  
 
所以在这道题中完全不应该使用amount, 所以排除C和D被排除

综上所述，大家应该相信PREP中的答案，这道题我也做到了，PREP给出了答案B。这样说来这道题还是有道理的，其他四个选项都是有硬伤的。