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I feel like they should count for less points in Nerd Sniping. https://xkcd.com/356/ https://xkcd.com/356/

• waqf 9y ago
  But how many points in grammar trolling?
  • satsuma 9y ago
    ...It's "fewer" there, isn't it.
    • Gaelan 9y ago
      Less is used when you can't count the object discussed. Fewer is used when you can. "I have 2 moneys" doesn't make sense, so you use "less money." "I have 2 points" does make sense, so you use "fewer points."
      • mcguire 9y ago
        I dunno... "Fewer rational numbers" works, but "less real numbers" sounds funny.
        • Gaelan 9y ago
          I feel like I'm missing a joke here, but you can count real numbers ("the list contains 5 real numbers") therefore it's "fewer real numbers"
      • satsuma 9y ago
        I can never remember a lot of those "X or Y" rules in grammar/English. Fewer or less, whom or who, etc. Might be my own ignorance, might be my teachers growing up using trainwrecks like "yous" and "alls."