VOA一分鐘英語：Fewer 和 less 應(yīng)該用哪個？

量詞 “fewer” 和 “less” 的含義相似，它們都可以用來談?wù)搩蓚€或兩組事物中的一個或一組 “少一點，少一些”。什么時候用 “fewer”？什么時候用 “less”？
 
Hi, I'm Sam from BBC Learning English, and today we are going to look at the difference between lessand fewerwhen comparing things.
It's actually very simple – we usefewerwith countable nouns andlesswith uncountable nouns, but even native speakers get this wrong, so let's have a look at some examples:
I moved recently, and comparing my old area to my new neighbourhood, I can say:
There are fewerrestaurants and fewercafes.
And there islesstraffic andlesspollution.
'Cafes' and 'restaurants' are countable nouns – you can count them on your fingers, and you can make them plural – so we use fewer.
'Pollution' and 'traffic' are uncountable nouns – you can't count them on your fingers, and you can't make them plural – so we use less.
 
用法總結(jié)
1 “Fewer” 用來修飾可數(shù)名詞。
There are fewerrestaurants and fewercafes.
 
2 “Less” 用來修飾不可數(shù)名詞。
There islesstraffic andlesspollution.