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But as the context shows, what they mean is not "a smaller amount of happy people". They mean "people who are less happy". Here, "less" is an adverb, and "fewer
by dash2 6y ago
But as the context shows, what they mean is not "a smaller amount of happy people". They mean "people who are less happy". Here, "less" is an adverb, and "fewer" is dead wrong.
- danaris 6y agoAh, I see. Wow, that's a weird enough error that my brain did not flag it as wrong, just assumed that it meant "fewer people."