Question

As the tailors make one costume per actor, fewer actors mean less to make.
Choose the option that best corrects the underlined word.

• A. NO CHANGE
• B. fewer costumes
• C. less costumes
• D. fewer

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

fewer costumes

'Fewer' is used for plural countable nouns, 'less' is used for uncountable nouns. Costume is a countable noun, which is why we can't leave the statement as it is, option A is incorrect. We use 'fewer costumes' which is the correct option (option B). Since less isn't used for non-countable nouns, Option C is incorrect. Option D 'fewer' does not say which noun is fewer, hence the last option is also incorrect due to ambiguity.