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[Jen-Cheng]

[size=18]122.As a result of the continuing decline in the birth rate, less people will enter the labor force in the 1980’s than did in the 1960’s and 1970’s, a twenty year period during which people born after the war swelled the ranks of workers.
(A) less people will enter the labor force in the 1980’s than
(B) less people will be entering the labor force in the 1980’s as
(C) fewer people will enter the labor force in the 1980’s as
(D) fewer people will be entering the labor force in the 1980’s as
(E) fewer people will enter the labor force in the 1980’s than

Ans:E

1.我的問題是,less 與fewer在此該如何區別？
less..修飾不可數／fewer修飾可數，問題在於people這個字到底是可數還是不可數啊？
2.答案E裡，than 之後是不是省略了 people entered(did) the labor force in ..，不用those取代是因為兩個時代不同的人，不可以用those嗎？

[hughes0305]

Jen-Cheng兄,　以下是小弟的拙見,請參考.

1. people當然是可數啊. 因為people是用are做be動詞不是嗎?
Ex: How many people are there in your family?

2. 我的看法與你一樣, 若用了those會有邏輯上的問題,
不過我覺得這邊省略的應該是people, 不是those...
我印象中在OG中有看到類似的例子, 想起來再補充!

[Jen-Cheng]

感恩囉
怎麼會沒想到"people are"...昏了我