求助一题

stoneren

Because natural gas is composed mostly of methane,
a simple hydrocarbon, vehicles powered by natural
gas emit less of certain pollutants than the burning
of gasoline or diesel fuel.

(A) less of certain pollutants than the burning of gasoline or diesel fuel
(B) fewer of certain pollutants than burning gaso-line or diesel fuel do
(C) less of certain pollutants than gasoline ordiesel fuel
(D) fewer of certain pollutants than does burning gasoline or diesel fuel
(E) less of certain pollutants than those burning gasoline or diesel fuel

pollutants是可数的，为什么答案是E，less不是修饰不可数的么？

bpan007

非也
平衡的架構
你要把vehicles和the buring of gasolune or diesel fuel 相比當然不對啦

oddyuibe

同意二楼小姐的观点~

不过，我感觉这里的less of pollutants 里面的less 有一点像more and less中的less, 并不是直接修饰pollutants的。

不知道这种解释对不对

Hanth

less is a noun here.

oddyuibe

to Hanth

豁然开朗~