Sentence: ... students enrolled this year at our university than last year.

Toxeedo · June 18, 2009, 2:57pm

please any one give me the right answer

… students enrolled this year at our university than last year.

a-Less of the b-A few more c-A few d- Less

Milanya · June 18, 2009, 3:45pm

b.

SkiIucK · June 18, 2009, 4:14pm

Hi,

Why isn’t ‘d’ okay?

Milanya · June 18, 2009, 4:22pm

You can actually count students. We do not use “less” with countable nouns, at least we should not. “Fewer students enrolled this year …” is OK, though, but this option has not been given.

Toxeedo · June 18, 2009, 6:00pm

is ’ a few more ’ is english ? ?? ?

SkiIucK · June 18, 2009, 6:11pm

Thank you, Milanya. I didn’t know this.

Milanya · June 18, 2009, 6:32pm

Yes, it is.

Nasrawy000 · June 19, 2009, 12:04am

i think it will be Afew more as it followed by plural noun (students)

Toxeedo · June 19, 2009, 9:13pm

my sir says that it will be (less)

the question is in the secondry level for the whole students of egypt

iam an egyptian student . i hope that it will be ((less))