英语单词短语词组“grammar/british-grammar/less-or-fewer”的中文翻译、释义及用法解析-英汉词典

We use the quantifierslessandfewerto talk about quantities, amounts and degree.Lessandfewerare comparative words.

Lessis the comparative form oflittle.Feweris the comparative form offew.

We usually uselesswith uncountable nouns. We usefewerwith plural nouns:

I doless workat weekends than I used to.

Better cycle routes would meanfewer carsandfewer accidents.

Warning:

You will often hearlessused with plural countable nouns in informal spoken situations, but traditionally it is not considered to be correct:

We’ve gotlesspizzas than we need. There’s ten people and only eight pizzas.(traditionally correct usage: fewer pizzas)

When we usefewerorlessbefore articles (a/an, the), demonstratives (this, that), possessives (my, your) or pronouns (him, them), we need to useof. We useless ofwith singular nouns andfewer ofwith plural nouns:

It was funny to begin with, but as time went on, it becameless of a joke.

In ten years’ time, more and more people will be demanding information twenty-four hours a day, from all parts of the world.Fewer of themwill be getting that information from newspapers which arrive hours after the news has occurred.

We can leave out the noun when it is obvious:

Every year in Britain about 5,000 people die on the roads.Fewerare killed at work.(fewer people)

单词	grammar/british-grammar/less-or-fewer
释义	Lessorfewer? Grammar>Easily confused words>Lessorfewer? fromEnglish Grammar Today We use the quantifierslessandfewerto talk about quantities, amounts and degree.Lessandfewerare comparative words. Lessis the comparative form oflittle.Feweris the comparative form offew. Lessandfewerwith a noun We usually uselesswith uncountable nouns. We usefewerwith plural nouns: I doless workat weekends than I used to. Better cycle routes would meanfewer carsandfewer accidents. Warning: You will often hearlessused with plural countable nouns in informal spoken situations, but traditionally it is not considered to be correct: We’ve gotlesspizzas than we need. There’s ten people and only eight pizzas.(traditionally correct usage: fewer pizzas) Lessandfewerwithof When we usefewerorlessbefore articles (a/an, the), demonstratives (this, that), possessives (my, your) or pronouns (him, them), we need to useof. We useless ofwith singular nouns andfewer ofwith plural nouns: It was funny to begin with, but as time went on, it becameless of a joke. In ten years’ time, more and more people will be demanding information twenty-four hours a day, from all parts of the world.Fewer of themwill be getting that information from newspapers which arrive hours after the news has occurred. Lessandfewerwithout a noun We can leave out the noun when it is obvious: Every year in Britain about 5,000 people die on the roads.Fewerare killed at work.(fewer people) See also: Moreorless Little,a little,few,a few Least,the least,at least #https://dictionary.cambridge.org//grammar/british-grammar/less-or-fewer##
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Lessorfewer?

Lessandfewerwith a noun

Lessandfewerwithof

Lessandfewerwithout a noun