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The amateur artist created less paintings this year than last year, and now that he has got a full-time job, he has even less incentive to do it.
(A) less paintings this year than last year, and now that he has got a full-time job, he has even less incentive to do it
(B) smaller paintings this year than did last year, and now that he has got a full time job, he has even less incentive to do it
(C) fewer paintings this year than he did last year, and now that he has got a full time job, he has even less incentive to do so
(D) lesser paintings this year than was done by him last year, and now that he has got a full time job, he has even less incentive to do so
(E) fewer paintings this year than were created by him last year, and now that he has got a full time job, he has even less incentive to do it
(A) less paintings this year than last year, and now that he has got a full-time job, he has even less incentive to do it
(B) smaller paintings this year than did last year, and now that he has got a full time job, he has even less incentive to do it
(C) fewer paintings this year than he did last year, and now that he has got a full time job, he has even less incentive to do so
(D) lesser paintings this year than was done by him last year, and now that he has got a full time job, he has even less incentive to do so
(E) fewer paintings this year than were created by him last year, and now that he has got a full time job, he has even less incentive to do it
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The amateur artist created less paintings this year than last year, and now that he has got a full-time job, he has even less incentive to do it.
(A) less paintings this year than last year, and now that he has got a full-time job, he has even less incentive to do it
(B) smaller paintings this year than did last year, and now that he has got a full time job, he has even less incentive to do it
(C) fewer paintings this year than he did last year, and now that he has got a full time job, he has even less incentive to do so
(D) lesser paintings this year than was done by him last year, and now that he has got a full time job, he has even less incentive to do so
(E) fewer paintings this year than were created by him last year, and now that he has got a full time job, he has even less incentive to do it
Less vs. fewer: If the noun is countable, we want fewer; if the noun is not countable, we want less. For example, LESS water, FEWER bottles of water, FEWER cups of water. LESS rain, FEWER inches of rain. Okay, paintings are countable, so we want fewer. A, B, and D are out. Between C and E, E has passive voice in the first clause.
Answer choice C.
(A) less paintings this year than last year, and now that he has got a full-time job, he has even less incentive to do it
(B) smaller paintings this year than did last year, and now that he has got a full time job, he has even less incentive to do it
(C) fewer paintings this year than he did last year, and now that he has got a full time job, he has even less incentive to do so
(D) lesser paintings this year than was done by him last year, and now that he has got a full time job, he has even less incentive to do so
(E) fewer paintings this year than were created by him last year, and now that he has got a full time job, he has even less incentive to do it
Less vs. fewer: If the noun is countable, we want fewer; if the noun is not countable, we want less. For example, LESS water, FEWER bottles of water, FEWER cups of water. LESS rain, FEWER inches of rain. Okay, paintings are countable, so we want fewer. A, B, and D are out. Between C and E, E has passive voice in the first clause.
Answer choice C.
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The amateur artist created less paintings this year than last year, and now that he has got a full-time job, he has even less incentive to do it.
(A) less paintings this year than last year, and now that he has got a full-time job, he has even less incentive to do it
(B) smaller paintings this year than did last year, and now that he has got a full time job, he has even less incentive to do it
(C) fewer paintings this year than he did last year, and now that he has got a full time job, he has even less incentive to do so
(D) lesser paintings this year than was done by him last year, and now that he has got a full time job, he has even less incentive to do so
(E) fewer paintings this year than were created by him last year, and now that he has got a full time job, he has even less incentive to do it
(A) less paintings this year than last year, and now that he has got a full-time job, he has even less incentive to do it
(B) smaller paintings this year than did last year, and now that he has got a full time job, he has even less incentive to do it
(C) fewer paintings this year than he did last year, and now that he has got a full time job, he has even less incentive to do so
(D) lesser paintings this year than was done by him last year, and now that he has got a full time job, he has even less incentive to do so
(E) fewer paintings this year than were created by him last year, and now that he has got a full time job, he has even less incentive to do it
Official Explanation
Answer: C
(A) The use of less to modify the number of paintings (a countable noun) is incorrect; use fewer instead. Also the sentence incorrectly compares paintings made this year with last year. The use of do so is preferred to do it.
(B) The use of smaller distorts the meaning of the sentence. Also, the phrase did last year makes it appear as if last year did something on its own (the correct phrase should be than he did last year). The use of do so is preferred to do it.
(C) The correct answer.
(D) The use of lesser to modify the number of paintings (a countable noun) is incorrect. Also, the use of was done doesn’t make sense because paintings cannot be done and in any case there must have been more than one painting.
(E) The use of do so is preferred to do it because it can only be used to refer to a noun.
