Multiple choice

Directions: Look at the underlined part of sentence. Below the sentence are given three possible substitutions for the underlined part. If one of the substitutions is better than the underlined part, indicate it as your answer. If none of the substitutions improves the sentence, indicate (4) as your answer.

No less than 50 students turned up for the presentation.

  1. No fewer

  2. Less

  3. Few

  4. No improvement needed
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A Correct answer
Explanation

Few and fewer is used for countable nouns. Less is used for uncountable nouns. Because '50'  is a specific number, we use 'fewer'. 

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