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minus-squareThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 years agoI refuse to acknowledge anyone’s struggle with common words like that except lose and loose. Unlike less and fewer which are basically interchangeable unless you’re being pedantic lose and loose are two completely different words entirely
minus-squareArthur_Leywin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 years agoI counter your refusal with my refusal of your refusal.
minus-squareCrayonRosary@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 years agoI wish humans created fewer pollution.
minus-squareThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 years agoChange pollution to pollutants and it works.
minus-squareCrayonRosary@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 years agoThat’s exactly the point. There’s nothing pedantic about acknowledging the difference. “Fewer” is for a countable number of things like “pollutants”, and “less” is for uncountable things like “pollution”. It’s not hard.
I refuse to acknowledge anyone’s struggle with common words like that except lose and loose.
Unlike less and fewer which are basically interchangeable unless you’re being pedantic lose and loose are two completely different words entirely
I counter your refusal with my refusal of your refusal.
I wish humans created fewer pollution.
Change pollution to pollutants and it works.
That’s exactly the point. There’s nothing pedantic about acknowledging the difference. “Fewer” is for a countable number of things like “pollutants”, and “less” is for uncountable things like “pollution”. It’s not hard.