티스토리 뷰
Less
- litte 비교급
- 셀 수 없는 명사 앞
Fewer
- few 비교급
- 복수 명사 앞
ex)
- I earn less money than a cleaner
- I've got fewer problems than I used to have.
- I've got less problems than I used to have. (*less가 복수 명사 앞에..비격식적으로 사용 가능)
(+) of
- pronoun(대명사) 앞
- another determiner (article, possessive, etc) 앞
ex)
- If you want to lose weight, eat less food.
- Fewer people make their own bread these days.
- I'd like to spend less of my time answering emails.
- At the college reunions, there are fewer of us each year.
명사 생략 (의미 명확할 때)
- Some people go to church, but less/fewer than 20 years ago.
부사 less
- I worry less than I used to.