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  • Hey, guys. I'm Alex. Thanks for clicking and welcome to this lesson on

    嘿,夥計們。我是亞歷克斯。謝謝你的點擊,歡迎來到這堂課

  • "less" and "fewer". So these are comparative adjectives that we use when we want to compare two

    "少"和"少"。所以,這些都是比較性形容詞,當我們要比較兩個

  • things, usually. Or when we want to make a statement that talks about how something

    事情,通常。或者當我們想發表一個聲明,談論某件事情是如何

  • is decreasing or a decreased number of something or somebody is happening,

    正在減少或減少數量的東西或人正在發生。

  • etc. So, we have two sentences here.

    等。所以,我們這裡有兩句話。

  • We have, "Fewer/less people today carry cash",

    我們有,"今天攜帶現金的人越來越少"。

  • and we have, "There is fewer," or,

    and we have, "There is fewer," or,

  • "less privacy today because of social media".

    "今天因為社交媒體而少了隱私"。

  • So, which of these words do you think is correct in these two sentences? All

    那麼,你認為這兩句話中哪句話是正確的呢?全部

  • right, so again, I'm going to give you the correct answer,

    對,所以我再次給你正確的答案。

  • and then I'm going to explain why it's the answer and what the rule is.

    然後我'要解釋為什麼它'是答案和規則是什麼。

  • So, the first sentence we have,

    所以,第一句話我們有。

  • "Fewer", or, "less people today carry cash".

    "更少",或者說,"如今攜帶現金的人更少"。

  • What do you think it is? All right,

    你覺得是什麼?好吧,我知道了

  • if you said, "Fewer people today carry cash.",

    如果你說,"今天很少有人攜帶現金."。

  • you are absolutely correct. Okay.

    你是絕對正確的。好吧,我知道了

  • I'll explain in a moment.

    我'一會兒解釋一下。

  • Stick with me. Again, the second one,

    跟我一起堅持。再說一遍,第二個。

  • "There is fewer or less privacy today because of social media".

    "今天因為社交媒體,隱私越來越少"。

  • The answer here you have probably deduced is "less".

    這裡的答案你可能已經推斷出是"少"。

  • So, why? Why do we say "fewer people" and not "less people".

    那麼,為什麼呢?為什麼我們說"人少",而不是"人少"。

  • Maybe you're walking around right now and you're saying,

    也許你'現在走來走去,你'在說。

  • "Yeah, there are less people here than I expected".

    "是啊,這裡的人比我想象的要少"。

  • Or, "There are less bottles of water than what we really need".

    或者,"水瓶比我們真正需要的少"。

  • Okay? If you're saying those things,

    好嗎? 如果你在說這些話如果你在說這些話

  • you're wrong, and I'm going to tell you why.

    你錯了,我要告訴你為什麼。

  • Grammatically you're wrong. You're not wrong as a person.

    文法上你錯了。你作為一個人沒有錯。

  • As a human being, I'm sure you're lovely.

    作為一個人,我'肯定你'很可愛。

  • However, grammatically, it's incorrect. Okay, so "fewer"...

    然而,從文法上講,它是不正確的'。好吧,所以"少"。

  • ...fewer we use with countable nouns, all right?

    ......我們用可數名詞的時候就少了,好嗎?

  • So if you can say one,

    所以如果你能說一個。

  • two, three, four of whatever the noun is,

    二、三、四的什麼名詞。

  • you can use "fewer" with it.

    你可以用"少"與它。

  • So, for example, people. You can count people.

    所以,比如說,人。你可以數人。

  • You can count water bottles.

    你可以數數水瓶。

  • You can count computers. You can count tables,

    你可以數電腦。你可以數桌子。

  • etc., etc., etc. Okay? So if it's countable,

    等等,等等,等等。好嗎?所以,如果它'是可數的。

  • use "fewer", and if you've probably discerned by now,

    使用"少",如果你&39;現在可能已經分辨出。

  • with "less" this is used with uncountable nouns.

    用"少"這是用在不可數名詞上。

  • Okay? Now, what I mean by uncountable nouns,

    好嗎?現在,我說的不可數名詞是什麼意思?

  • things you can't count. These can be abstract concepts like privacy or freedom,

    的東西,你可以'不計。這些可以是抽象的概念,如隱私或自由。

  • or liberty, or any number of things that you can't count such as water.

    或自由,或任何你無法計算的東西,如水。

  • Right? So you don't say, "Wow.

    對不對?所以你不說,"哇。

  • There is fewer water in this bottle than what I was expecting or what I

    這個瓶子裡的水比我預期的或者說是我的水要少

  • hoping for". You'd say, "No.

    希望"。你'會說,"不。

  • There's less water in here than what I would like".

    這裡的水比我想要的少"。

  • Okay? So, again, if you can count it,

    好嗎?所以,再一次,如果你能數到它。

  • use "fewer". If you can't count it,

    用"少"。如果你不能'算。

  • use "less". Very simple rule, easy to follow.

    使用"少"。很簡單的規則,很容易遵守。

  • If you would like to test your understanding of this grammar point,

    如果你想測試一下自己對這個文法點的理解。

  • please check out the quiz on engvid.com.

    請查看engvid.com上的測驗。

  • Good luck, guys.

    祝你好運,夥計們。

  • Learn English for free www.engvid.com

    免費學習英語 www.engvid.com

Hey, guys. I'm Alex. Thanks for clicking and welcome to this lesson on

嘿,夥計們。我是亞歷克斯。謝謝你的點擊,歡迎來到這堂課

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