1) there are fewer than one-quarter of that amount;
2) With a total population of less than two hundred.
What is difference between the two? why is "fewer" used in the first example, whereas "less" in the second?
PS: I know that the rule sounds: "Less" can also be used for sum of money, periods of time and distance, numerical and statistical data.
if we assume that the rule is always right, then the two are the same to me!
What do you say BTGers?
2) With a total population of less than two hundred.
What is difference between the two? why is "fewer" used in the first example, whereas "less" in the second?
PS: I know that the rule sounds: "Less" can also be used for sum of money, periods of time and distance, numerical and statistical data.
if we assume that the rule is always right, then the two are the same to me!
What do you say BTGers?
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______________________________
Quant ----> 51
Verbal----> 44+
GMAT ----> 750+
Henry David Thoreau.
Sleep GMAT, eat GMAT, beat GMAT!
______________________________
Quant ----> 51
Verbal----> 44+
GMAT ----> 750+
