Direction: In these questions, a part of the sentence is given in bold. Below are given alternatives to the bold part at 1, 2 and 3 which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed your answer is (4).
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Less people came to watch cricket matches this year, so the gate receipts were lesser than last year.
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- Many
- Fewer
- Lot of
- No improvement
Correct Option: B
fewer (Det., Pro.) : not many → used for Countable Nouns less (Det., Pro.) : a smaller amount of → used for Uncountable Nouns
Here, Fewer is the right usage.
