Question

Alguém pode me explicar essa questão, por favor? O que difere o "fewer" das alternativas?

"Assinale a alternativa que apresenta o uso correto do termo fewer como no exemplo "fewer than one in five owners of a mobile-wallet handset":

a) Mary has fewer money than John.
b) My teacher has fewer patience than the other teachers.
c) This company has fewer equipments than the others.
d) My brother plays fewer musics than I do.
e) Sue has fewer friends than her sister does."

ALTERNATIVA CORRETA: E)

Answer 1

Fewer is used with plural nouns. All the nouns but the one in alternative E are uncountable nouns, so you can't use fewer with them. Always use less with uncountable nouns.

In addition to that, some of the uncountable nouns (equipment and music, not equipments and musics) are being used as plural, which is grammatically wrong.