laserglare wrote:
There is, under the current system of legislation, few recourses for those who feel that their career opportunities have been unfairly curtailed due to inequities in early educational systems.
A)There is, under the current system of legislation, few recourses
B)There is, under the current system of legislation, fewer recourses
C)There are, under the current system of legislation, few recourses
D)There are, under the current system of legislation, fewer recourses
E)There are, under the current system of legislation, few recourse
Please help it makes no sense to me.
A)There is, under the current system of legislation, few recourses
B)There is, under the current system of legislation, fewer recourses
C)There are, under the current system of legislation, few recourses
D)There are, under the current system of legislation, fewer recourses
E)There are, under the current system of legislation, few recourse
[Reveal] Spoiler:
Answer is C, Explanation is The original sentence has few recourses—a plural noun that needs a plural verb–are. Eliminate (A) and (B), which both use is, singular verb. (D) changes the meaning of the sentence by changing few to fewer. (E) changes recourses to recourse, introducing a new subject-verb agreement error. (C) is correct.
I do not understand why I cannot use fewer in this situation
I do not understand why I cannot use fewer in this situation
Please help it makes no sense to me.
Since the comparison is not explicit stated
"fewer recourses than (....)" for example, I would say that "few" is a better option.