With less than thirty thousand dollars in advance ticket sales and fewer acceptances by guestspeakers than expected, the one-day symposium on art and religion was canceled for lack of interest.
A. less than thirty thousand dollars in advance ticket sales and fewer
B. fewer than thirty thousand dollars in advance ticket sales and less
C. fewer than thirty thousand dollars in advance ticket sales and fewer
D. lesser than thirty thousand dollars in advance ticket sales and fewer
E. less than thirty thousand dollars in advance ticket sales and as few
This is from Princeton Review. The explaination says that "when it comes to money, you use fewer if you are referring to the number of actual bills you have, but less if you are referring to the total amount and don't know the actual number of bills."
What is "actual bills" and "know the total amount but don't know the actual number of bills."
Can anyone provide me examples to make it clear?
A. less than thirty thousand dollars in advance ticket sales and fewer
B. fewer than thirty thousand dollars in advance ticket sales and less
C. fewer than thirty thousand dollars in advance ticket sales and fewer
D. lesser than thirty thousand dollars in advance ticket sales and fewer
E. less than thirty thousand dollars in advance ticket sales and as few
This is from Princeton Review. The explaination says that "when it comes to money, you use fewer if you are referring to the number of actual bills you have, but less if you are referring to the total amount and don't know the actual number of bills."
What is "actual bills" and "know the total amount but don't know the actual number of bills."
Can anyone provide me examples to make it clear?
it is not an "alice in wonderland". it is real! i am going to freak GMAT out!
