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'Fewer' and 'less'

"Use fewer to describe countable things. Use less to describe uncountable quantities, collective amounts, and degree. These terms are not interchangeable.">Nearly everyone gets this wrong nowadays: 'fewer' is used for countables and 'less' for uncountables.

Dec 15, 2003 in Good Writing, Remove | Permalink

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