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Question 47

Which sentences use count and quantity words correctly? Select all that apply.

  1. The revision contains fewer mistakes.Correct answer
  2. We encountered a large amount of traffic.Correct answer
  3. The final draft has less mistakes.
  4. A huge number of traffic delayed us.

Explanation

The valid sentences pair fewer with countable mistakes and amount with uncountable traffic. Less mistakes treats separate errors as a mass, while number of traffic mismatches a count expression with an uncountable noun.

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