Anonymous  +  438227 Sat, 03 Nov 07 10:32 AM Hi. There are two countries. ------------------------------------------ The number of doctors in the country A: 10000 The number of doctors in the country B: 50000 ------------------------------------------ I explain the above situation as follows. (1) There are four fifth fewer doctors in the country A than in the country B. (2) There are 80 percent fewer doctors in the cuontry A than in the country B. Is there anything wrong with these sentences? Also, if you were I, how would you express the situation? Anonymous

	Philip  +  438328 Sat, 03 Nov 07 03:40 PM I see no need for 'the' before 'country'.  I agree with Marius. Philip Joined on Thu, Jun 23 2005 Veteran Member 8,612 At reise er at leve! - H. C. Andersen

	Philip  +  438674 Sun, 04 Nov 07 04:21 PM  Anonymous wrote: Hi, thank you for your responses. How about this? 'The number of doctors in country A is one fifth of that in country B.' Does this work? This sentence reads well [I'll trust your math]. Philip