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I hope it's a joke. That foolish school child rule should never be mentioned by adults. Unless you think "<" is the "fewer than" symbol...

• CharlesW 4y ago
  FWIW, "fewer" is correct because "words" is a countable item. Also, Strunk's advice was, "Omit needless words".
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  • korroziya 4y ago
    Paraphrasing is hardly a literary crime but yes.
    • CharlesW 4y ago
      For sure, the only issue is that it completely changes the meaning.
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