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When drive-ins were at the height of their popularity in the [#permalink]
 23 Oct 2006, 13:48
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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
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Drive-ins are countable. So fewer-number-many
B it is.
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one more B. Amount invalidates C, D, E
'less than' in A is wrong.
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kripalkavi wrote: Drive-ins are countable. So fewer-number-many
B it is.
Drive -ins are countable. so less , amount words are not proper usage.
B is correct
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Re: SC - Popularity [#permalink]
23 Oct 2006, 19:46
KC wrote: 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
Use of "amount" rules out C, D and E.
Use of "less than" for the number of shops in A is awkward.
B reads better if you transpose the "today" to the end of the sentence.
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amount is uncountable, so only (B) works here. <---- sorry, meant to select B here.
Last edited by GMATT73 on 28 Oct 2006, 04:41, edited 1 time in total.
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going with B here, disagree that drive-ins aren't countable.
example:
If you can’t count it, use less. If you can count it, use fewer.
• Cain has less love in his heart than anyone else I know.
• Cain gives fewer hugs than anyone else I know.
You can’t count love, but you can count hugs.
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B.
Test of use of fewer vs less than plus the 'amount' bit.
A. there are less than one-quarter that many - COUNTABLE OUT
B. there are fewer than one-quarter as many - OUR ANSWER
C. there are fewer than one-quarter of that amount - use of word 'amount' OUT
D. the number is less than one-quarter the amount - use of word 'amount' OUT
E. it is less than one-quarter of that amount - use of word 'amount' OUT
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Its A. We need to use less with one-quarter.
As per Verbal Workout of Princeton:
fewer - countable noun
less - uncountable noun
BUT
The only time that 'less' is involved with countable objects is when fraction, percent or other numbers involved( Its called Arcane rule)
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