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I have a question regarding the placement of "menos" in making an implicit comparison. for instance, say you are making the following statements:
On sunday, 230 candies were sold. The following day there were 50 fewer candies sold.
Should this wbe written as:
El domingo se vendieron 230 dulces. El dia siguiente se vedieron 50 menos dulces. (OR ...se vendieron 50 dulces menos.)
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updated Nov 20, 2008
posted by andy4
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The latter is correct.
El domingo se vendieron 230 dulces. El dia siguiente se vendieron 50 (dulces) menos. I don't think you need to repeat the noun in the second sentence.
Incidentally, "El dia siguiente se vendieron menos de 50 dulces" would be "The following day fewer than 50 candies were sold," but you probably already knew that.
updated Nov 20, 2008
posted by 00bacfba
