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Mary has fewer
water than Ben. |
| 2. |
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They have the
least balls. |
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Mary has less
water than Ben. |
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They have the
fewest balls. |
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一、
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“fewer...
than”和“less...
than”都解作「較…… 少」，但是它們所形容的名詞的性質卻不相同：
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“fewer... than”用來形容可數的眾數名詞。
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| 例句： |
“Karen
has fewer pens
than May.”
(Karen所擁有的筆較May少。) |
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“less...
than”則用來形容不可數的名詞。 |
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例句： |
“Peter has
less orange
juice than
Tom.”
(Peter所擁有的橙汁較Tom少。) |
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二、
|
“the
fewest”和“the
least”都解作「最少量的」，和第一點的“fewer...
than”、 “less...
than”一樣，它們所形容的名詞的性質是不相同的： |
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“the
fewest”用來形容可數的眾數名詞，如：“the
fewest pets”、“the
fewest pencils”等。 |
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“the
least”則用來形容不可數的名詞，如：“the
least air”、“the
least money”等。 |
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