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You are correct of course. But, more is the opposite of both fewer and less so logically shouldn't fewer should interchangeable with less?
by barking 14y ago
You are correct of course.
But, more is the opposite of both fewer and less so logically shouldn't fewer should interchangeable with less?
- alexkus 14y agoNo, English isn't that simple.
- pretoriusB 14y agoNo, because words are not necessarily transitive in this way (heck, even mathematical properties are not necessarily transitive, with the exception of well defined cases).