Name: 要用 Less 或是 Fewer?
Uploaded: 2013-03-29T12:07:31.000Z
Duration: 3 min 37 s

動名詞

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

形容詞比較級

"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

頻率副詞

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。

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"。

"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。

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

"更少"，或者說，"如今攜帶現金的人更少"。

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."。

你是絕對正確的。好吧，我知道了

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"。

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.

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？

two, three, four of whatever the noun is,

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

所以，比如說，人。你可以數人。

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。

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

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

好嗎？所以，再一次，如果你能數到它。

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。