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2017-05-01 · 첨삭 강사 Kathrine

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Choose the correct answer in each of the following sentences: 1. There are ____a____________ than three weeks remaining in the contest. a. fewer b. less 2. I will answer the question in three minutes or ____a____________. a. fewer b. less 3. I'm going somewhere where I'll have _________b_______ interruptions. a. fewer b. less 4. I've seen _______a_________ birds here than in the park. a. fewer b. less 5. Why don't you try smoking ________b________? a. fewer b. less 6. Why don't you try smoking __________b______ cigarettes? a. fewer b. less 7. You should complain _________a_______. a. fewer b. less 8. I listen to ______a__________ music these days. a. fewer b. less 9. This time, you've made _________b_______ mistakes. a. fewer b. less 10. There is ______________b__ information in this brochure than in the book. a. fewer b. less

강사 첨삭

Good evening my beautiful [이름]! How are you doing? I hope you are okay. I guess you do not know yet the difference between fewer and less. Okay let me make it simple for you. If we say FEWER it is only to be used when discussing countable things, while LESS is used for singular mass nouns. For example, you can have fewer ingredients, dollars, people, or puppies, but less salt, money, honesty, or love. If you can count it, go for FEWER.

I repeat, FEWER is for things you count, and LESS is for things you don’t count.

Again, here are some examples for you:

You can count M&Ms, glasses of water, and potatoes—so you eat fewer M&Ms, serve fewer glasses of water, and buy fewer potatoes for the salad. You can’t count candy, water, or potato salad—so you eat less candy, observe that the lake has less water, and make less potato salad for the next potluck.

Okay? I hope you already got the difference. I\'ll see you later my dearest. ^^

Always,

T. Kathrine ^^

Choose the correct answer in each of the following sentences:

1. There are ____a____________ than three weeks remaining in the contest.
a. fewer
b. less
>> b. less
2. I will answer the question in three minutes or ____a____________.
a. fewer
b. less
>> b. less
3. I\'m going somewhere where I\'ll have _________b_______ interruptions.
a. fewer
b. less
>> a. fewer
4. I\'ve seen _______a_________ birds here than in the park.
a. fewer
b. less
>> a. fewer
5. Why don\'t you try smoking ________b________?
a. fewer
b. less
>> correct!
6. Why don\'t you try smoking __________b______ cigarettes?
a. fewer
b. less
>> a. fewer
7. You should complain _________a_______.
a. fewer
b. less
>> b. less
8. I listen to ______a__________ music these days.
a. fewer
b. less
>> b. less
9. This time, you\'ve made _________b_______ mistakes.
a. fewer
b. less
>> correct!
10. There is ______________b__ information in this brochure than in the book.
a. fewer
b. less

>> correct!

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