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23 Sep 2014, 01:29
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Hello,
I know the basic property that fewer is for countable items and lesser for uncountable items.
But i have two doubts that are really bothering me :
Doubt 1 :
The cost of this jacket is 20 dollars less than the cost of the other jacket.
-Here we use the property that many countable items , when collectively treated as a single entity, that entity is a uncountable item. so cost would be less and not few.
Is this explanation correct ???
Doubt 2 :
The number of people at the rally is less than 100.
-Is this correct ?? coz i also read the exception rule that when treating with numbers ,(which are actually countable) , we still use lesser .
Pls throw some light on both these doubts . Would request @e-gmat to pls explain the same.
Regards,
kunal
I know the basic property that fewer is for countable items and lesser for uncountable items.
But i have two doubts that are really bothering me :
Doubt 1 :
The cost of this jacket is 20 dollars less than the cost of the other jacket.
-Here we use the property that many countable items , when collectively treated as a single entity, that entity is a uncountable item. so cost would be less and not few.
Is this explanation correct ???
Doubt 2 :
The number of people at the rally is less than 100.
-Is this correct ?? coz i also read the exception rule that when treating with numbers ,(which are actually countable) , we still use lesser .
Pls throw some light on both these doubts . Would request @e-gmat to pls explain the same.
Regards,
kunal
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23 Sep 2014, 12:40
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Great examples here. You have a good handle on the basic concept of fewer vs. less (not lesser), but you have been confused by the structure of those examples.
In your Doubt 1, the noun in the sentence isn't dollars, it is cost, which is not a countable noun. You can't say "fewer cost" - you have to say "less cost".
[You could say "This jacket would cost you 20 fewer dollars than the other one."]
In your Doubt 2, the noun in the sentence is really number, not people (people is the object of the preposition). Number itself is a mass noun, an uncountable noun, and would use "less" instead of "fewer".
[You could say "There are fewer than 100 people at the rally."]
KW
23 Sep 2014, 12:57
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Thank you so much Kyle !!!
Great explanation !!The constructions that you gave for usage with fewer make them evem more clearer.
Kudos to you !!
BR//
Kunal
Great explanation !!The constructions that you gave for usage with fewer make them evem more clearer.
Kudos to you !!
BR//
Kunal
