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Can you correct my 4 sentences? I am not sure, we use Have or Has in those questions and also not sure about fewer, fewest. Sad

1 Which chest has more stars: Blue or Green?
2 Select chest which has the FEWEST stars.
3 select chest which has the MOST stars.
4 Which chest has Fewer stars: Blue or Pink?

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@papayaha55,

Both 2 and three need an article before chest.

Select the chest which as the fewest stars.

Select the chest which has the most stars.

I think the others are good.

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@roger,

Oh, someone said, fewest should be least. What do you think?

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Either fewest or least is acceptable.

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@Setanta,

Thank you so much.

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@Setanta,

Setanta wrote:

Either fewest or least is acceptable.

Many sources will say that, as determiners, the difference between least and fewest is that least is the smallest amount of something non-countable while fewest is the smallest number of some countable things. Fowler (1965) says "some grammarians" say this.

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@papayaha55,

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1 Which chest has more stars: Blue or Green?

,...the blue one or the green one?

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2 Select chest which has the FEWEST stars.

fewer

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3 select chest which has the MOST stars

...chest with more stars

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4 Which chest has Fewer stars: Blue or Pink?

...fewer stars: the Blue or Pink?

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