Yeah, the less/fewer thing really bugs me. Most people overuse less and underuse (or dont use at all) fewer. In a nutshell, you use less when youre referring to something you cant count individually (less milk, less smoke, less love) and fewer when youre referring to something countable (fewer glasses of milk, fewer clouds of smoke, fewer songs about love). I think, probably, the distinction will eventually die out and everyone will use less for everything...and the language will be less expressive and have fewer words in it (see what I did there?)
Posted on: Sat, 05 Jul 2014 05:16:10 +0000
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