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• coreyp_1 4y ago
  https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/fewer-vs-less https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/fewer-vs-less 1. See the exceptions section. Less is preferred in this construction. 2. Please do not misconstrue the opinion of one writer that lived 200 years ago into a proper grammar rule (see the history section). Worse, please do not be dogmatic about it when it has nothing to do with the topic. It is, in essence, the equivalence of an ad hominem attack.
  • semafour 4y ago
    It's also a joke, though: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXINZxodu9U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXINZxodu9U
  • foo42 4y ago
    Interesting. I wasn't aware of that. I had a colleague who constantly "corrected" us (with some humour) and even long after he left the team we all wince when we see/hear "less" when it should be (or so we believed), "fewer". I preferred it before when I blindly said "less" but didn't always hear a voice in my head commenting on everyone else's use
• dbj99 4y ago
  less. If you correct people's grammar you have to make damn sure you're right otherwise you look a little bit foolish... less modifies singular nouns, fewer modifies plural nouns. Check here for more https://www.latimes.com/socal/daily-pilot/opinion/tn-dpt-me-1003-casagrande-20131001-story.html https://www.latimes.com/socal/daily-pilot/opinion/tn-dpt-me-...