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In the days of the old German empire no less than thirty-five different tolls were levied between Melnik and Hamburg, to say nothing of the special dues and privileged exactions of various riparian owners and political authorities.

Q: Answer-In the days of the old German empire no less than thirty-five different tolls were levied between Me...

For uncountable plural nouns, less is used. With countable plural nouns, the quantifier few should be used. So here, fewer is correct. In the days of the old German empire no fewer than thirty-five different tolls were levied between Melnik and Hamburg, to say nothing of the special dues and privileged exactions of various riparian owners and political authorities.

Directions: In each question below, a sentence is given with a part of it printed in bold type. That part may contain a grammatical error. Each sentence is followed by phrases (A), (B), (C) and (D). Find out which phrase should replace the phrase given in bold to correct the error, if there is any, and to make the sentence grammatically meaningful and correct. If the sentence is correct as it is and ‘No correction is required’ , mark (E) as the answer.

A no fewer than thirty-five different tolls were levied

B no lesser than thirty-five different tolls were levied

C no few than thirty-five different tolls were levied

D no least than thirty-five different tolls were levied

E No improvement required

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In the days of the old German empire no less than thirty-five different tolls were levied between Melnik and Hamburg, to say nothing of the special dues and privileged exactions of various riparian owners and political authorities.

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