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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
by 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 agoIt's also a joke, though: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXINZxodu9U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXINZxodu9U
- foo42 4y agoInteresting. 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