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Prac Exam less/fewer

by fangtray » Sun Apr 22, 2012 5:09 am
When drive-ins were at the hiegh of their popularity in the late 1950s. some 4,000 existed in the US, but today there are less than one-quarter that many

a.
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.

what is the rule with fewer/ less here?

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by sam2304 » Sun Apr 22, 2012 5:32 am
fewer than is used for countable nouns - Eliminate A/D/E
C - of that amount - what does amount refer to ? We are using numbers here so many is preferred.

IMO B.
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by fangtray » Sun Apr 22, 2012 7:32 am
sam2304 wrote:fewer than is used for countable nouns - Eliminate A/D/E
C - of that amount - what does amount refer to ? We are using numbers here so many is preferred.

IMO B.
doesn't that amount refer to 4,000? is it ambiguous?
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by sam2304 » Sun Apr 22, 2012 7:57 am
fangtray wrote: doesn't that amount refer to 4,000? is it ambiguous?
It is not ambiguous but its incorrect. Amount is right when we have uncountable objects. Here its number of drive ins and many is the logical one.
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