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Volcano1985 Posted 17 years ago
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_______ women are requesting mammograms
______ women are requesting mammograms even as researchers find _______ cancer risks in the environment.
A) Lesser / much
B) Fewer / more
C) Most / many
D) Less / little
E) The fewest / the least
Could you explain me why the key is B?
A) Lesser / much
B) Fewer / more
C) Most / many
D) Less / little
E) The fewest / the least
Could you explain me why the key is B?
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Few is used with countable nouns and less with uncountable nouns. The noun following the first blank is women, which is a countable noun; so, fewer is the correct word to use there. researchers find more cancer...
- Few is used with countable nouns and less with uncountable nouns.
- The noun following the first blank is women, which is a countable noun; so, fewer is the correct word to use there.
- researchers find more cancer...
- environment.
- In this case, it would be wrong to say many cancer risks.
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Few is used with countable nouns and less with uncountable nouns.
The noun following the first blank is women, which is a countable noun; so, fewer is the correct word to use there. Since we have used the comparative form of few, i.e., fewer, it follows that we say ...researchers find more cancer... environment. In this case, it would be w
The noun following the first blank is women, which is a countable noun; so, fewer is the correct word to use there. Since we have used the comparative form of few, i.e., fewer, it follows that we say ...researchers find more cancer... environment. In this case, it would be w
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