Question

How many students are there in the classroom? Les

How many students are there in the classroom?
Less than ten.
为什么这里要用less，students不是可数吗？为什么不用fewer？

Answer 1

Fewer和less分别是few和little的比较级形式.要了解less和fewer的区别,就请记住名词有可数不可数之分.可数名词有复数形式,比如"pencils"、"airplanes"还有"games".不可数名词则没有复数形式,比如"money"、"water"、"hear".在可数名词前用few或者fewer,而在不可数名词前用little或者less.I bought fewer DVDs this time since I didn't have much money on me.由于身边带的钱不多,我只买了几部影碟.There was less noise in the room after the speech ended.当演讲结束后,房间里安静了许多.A few books were left on the table.桌上只留下了几本书.Can you get a little sugar out of the cabinet?你能从橱柜里拿些糖出来吗?然而还要知道,一般认为fewer更正式一点,所以你可能听见人们在可数和不可数名词之前都用less.口语中这样使用不能算错,但是在书写、或者正式讲话中人们会注意这点,并认为这是错误的用法.

Answer 2

这里修饰的是数词ten.

追问

不是很懂诶，能讲清楚点吗

谢谢

为什么不是省略呢，than ten students

追答

less than 少于，不到
此处的less than 修饰的是数词ten。

追问

可是问的是学生啊，翻译也是不到10个学生啊

追答

ten 才是修饰students

追问

我去，还是不懂