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He smokes less than 10 cigarettes per day.
He drinks beers less than 5 per day.

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    He smokes less than 10 cigarettes and drinks less than 5 beer per day . Maybe?

    He smokes less than 10 cigarettes as well 5 bear in a day

    Hi Jing Jing. He smokes fewer than 10 cigarettes and drinks less than 5 beer a day. You can count cigarettes and bottles of beer, therefore you use fewer, rather than less. As for beer, you can say I drink beer or if you are referring to a number of drinks, you would say 'bottles of beer'. I think it's kind of like "wo xihuan he pijui, or wo meitian he wu ping pijiu" (please correct me if I have made mistakes here). You use 'less' with non count nouns; examples include money, time, etc. "I have less time these days because I am studying so hard". Just ask me if you don't understand the above comments.
    I would be happy to practice mandarin with you, by the way.

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