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Which is right?

□ 1. The race had less participants than I'd expected.

□ 2. The race had fewer participants than I'd expected.

 

 

 

 

 

   1. The race had less participants than I'd expected.

○2. The race had fewer participants than I'd expected.

 

可數名詞之比較，應用few表示較少，而不可數名詞用less表示。

 

"Less" only refers to uncountable nouns, e.g. "Use less butter if you want to stay healthy". Countable nouns require "fewer" as a comparative adjective.

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