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Topic Related: LESS or FEWER; A FEW/FEW or LITTLE
The basic rule and bottom line:
Less is ever UNCOUNTABLE, and it refers to mass nouns.
A FEW or Few refers to COUNTABLE NOUNS.
Little refers to UNCOUNTABLES.
For reference: http://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english-2/exercise-english-88849.php
Ed_young’s answer which Garlic2010 appraised that it deserves a so-called “Five-Star”
Garlic2010’s Question 1:
What is the COUNTABLE counterpart of LESS? (What do you mean by counterpart here???)
My Comment: Less ONLY refers to those UNCOUNTABLES, which is the comparable form of “Little”.
Ed_young’s answer: He is drinking less hard liquor now. (This sentence is weird, and incorrect verb tense.)
Friendly advice to Ed_young’s answer:
My Comment: Liquor is uncountable which refers a mass noun. Can you count the liquor? Was Ed_young responding to Garlic2010 question 1? I’m afraid not! How come he deserves a “Five-Star” answer? I’ve no clue, and maybe he’s one of them.
Revised: He drinks less liquor recently. (NOT present continuous tense)(YOU A
RE DESCRIBING HIS BEHAVIOR IN GENERAL!!!) or he is drinking LITTLE wine now. (I prefer this word: wine)
LIQUOR usage: Where’s the liquor department?
Ed_young’s answer: He’s drinking fewer bottles of hard liquor now. (What are you going to compare?)(Again, the same problem!)
My Comment: fewer is comparative which also refers to countable nouns, which I’d explain it later.
Revised: He drinks fewer bottles of liquor than a year before.
TBC
《評論》自欺欺人篇 1
2013-01-27 5:16 am
回答 (2)
2013-01-28 11:22 am
What he thinks isn't a verb ("is") is actually a verb, and what he thinks is a verb ("deceit" as part of the infinitive "to deceit") is actually a noun.
Wait, aren't these 5th grade English ?
Wait, aren't these 5th grade English ?
2013-01-27 7:32 am
How could you write a response to the question and answer when you do not even know what counterpart means?
2013-01-26 23:36:20 補充：
less 比較式
few , a few 唔係比較式
LESS OR FEW 點比﹖
2013-01-27 00:55:22 補充：
deceit people?
2013-01-27 00:56:27 補充：
Friendly advice to Ed_young’s answer?
How can you give advice to an answer?
2013-01-27 00:58:35 補充：
Mistake 3:
He is drinking less hard liquor now. (This sentence is weird, and incorrect verb tense.)
The sentence is perfect with correct tense form.
2013-01-27 01:01:33 補充：
Mistake 4:
He’s drinking fewer bottles of hard liquor now. (What are you going to compare?)(Again, the same problem!)
Only a fool does not know what are being compared in the sentence. Let me tell the fool this: fewer bottles now than before.
2013-01-27 01:04:56 補充：
Mistake 5:
Revised: He drinks less liquor recently.
Question to DumAss:
What are you comparing with comparative LESS?
2013-01-27 01:07:44 補充：
Let me give you the answer.
He drinks less liquor recently than previously.
Do you think the present continuous tense is more appropriate here?
2013-01-27 01:12:33 補充：
Mistake 6:
He is drinking LESS wine now.
is NOT the same as
He is drinking LITTLE wine now.
The second sentence canNOT be said to be better than the first because they are describing different things.
2013-01-27 23:46:14 補充：
Mistake 7:
Here is a piece of evidence shows Garlic2010 and his mob attempting to deceit people on this web.
Do you know there are two verbs in your sentence?
2013-01-26 23:36:20 補充：
less 比較式
few , a few 唔係比較式
LESS OR FEW 點比﹖
2013-01-27 00:55:22 補充：
deceit people?
2013-01-27 00:56:27 補充：
Friendly advice to Ed_young’s answer?
How can you give advice to an answer?
2013-01-27 00:58:35 補充：
Mistake 3:
He is drinking less hard liquor now. (This sentence is weird, and incorrect verb tense.)
The sentence is perfect with correct tense form.
2013-01-27 01:01:33 補充：
Mistake 4:
He’s drinking fewer bottles of hard liquor now. (What are you going to compare?)(Again, the same problem!)
Only a fool does not know what are being compared in the sentence. Let me tell the fool this: fewer bottles now than before.
2013-01-27 01:04:56 補充：
Mistake 5:
Revised: He drinks less liquor recently.
Question to DumAss:
What are you comparing with comparative LESS?
2013-01-27 01:07:44 補充：
Let me give you the answer.
He drinks less liquor recently than previously.
Do you think the present continuous tense is more appropriate here?
2013-01-27 01:12:33 補充：
Mistake 6:
He is drinking LESS wine now.
is NOT the same as
He is drinking LITTLE wine now.
The second sentence canNOT be said to be better than the first because they are describing different things.
2013-01-27 23:46:14 補充：
Mistake 7:
Here is a piece of evidence shows Garlic2010 and his mob attempting to deceit people on this web.
Do you know there are two verbs in your sentence?
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