With a salary of less than 15 thousand dollars and fewer

Question

With a salary of  less than 15 thousand dollars and fewer  sources of alternate income than before, Mrs. G is in financial difficulty.
a.less than 15 thousand dollars and fewer
b.lower than 15 thousand dollars and less
c.lower than 15 thousand dollars and fewer
d.fewer than 15 thousand dollars and less
e.of fewer than 15 thousand dollars and of fewer

manalq8 · Answer

A, money is uncountable so less is appropriate...sources are countable so fewer is the wright one..

thisiszico2006 · Answer

I did not understand why the answer is (A) and not (D). $15000 is countable right , so answer should have fewer .. Somebody please clarify me..

rajeevrks27 · Answer

fewer sources of alternate income is correct
less could be used but in this form less number of sources

consider this
 I have fewer/lower than 10 Dollars
 I have less than 10 Dollars
the latter is correct n thats obvious....
do correct me if i am wrong

ashutoshsh · Answer

Hi!

I am really confused with what is countable and what is not. Here how can we say that money is uncountable

Thanks

pakasaip · Answer

What about lower?
I thought that "lower" is suitable with the figure 
ex. the number of population in xxx is lower than yyy

ishitadas1994 · Answer

It is a comparison of the salary , therefore "less than " . Moreover , salary of "lower than" is a wrong usage . 
Less is used to express inadequacy or insufficiency of something, but only in a comparative sense.
Fewer : because sources are countable .

gmatway · Answer

With a salary of  less than 15 thousand dollars and fewer  sources of alternate income than before, Mrs. G is in financial difficulty.
a.less than 15 thousand dollars and fewer - dollars is uncountable as units themselves can't be counted . sources are countable so fewer is correct .

b.lower than 15 thousand dollars and less - Lower means (less in a value than some other value )we are comparing two diff entities but here we want to show the value was less than 15k dollars hence reject this . also less is wrongly used for sources which are countable .

c.lower than 15 thousand dollars and fewer - (same error as B )
d.fewer than 15 thousand dollars and less - (same error as b )
e.of fewer than 15 thousand dollars and of fewer - same error as b

hence option A is best here .

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