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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We have no less than a thousand students in our College.
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- not less
- no less
- no fewer
- No improvement
Correct Option: C
fewer (Det., Adj.) : not many → used for Countable Nouns.
Hence, no fewer is the right usage.
less (Det., Pro.) : a smaller amount of → used for Uncountable Nouns
No less than (Idiom) : used for emphasizing a large amount
