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Matthew Wai Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Are they grammatical?

This year more students passed the exam than last year.
Nowadays fewer people use beepers than they did in the past.
  

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"Nowadays fewer people use beepers than they did in the past."
On another forum, someone said "they did" is not correct here because "they" refers to "fewer people".
Do you agree?
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Matthew WaiOn another forum, someone said "they did" is not correct here because "they" refers to "fewer people".
That is a subtlety that is lost on me.
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