Illecors@lemmy.cafe to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-29 months agoPeople using 'less' when they should be using 'fewer'message-squaremessage-square113fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1message-squarePeople using 'less' when they should be using 'fewer'Illecors@lemmy.cafe to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-29 months agomessage-square113fedilink
minus-squareCrayonRosary@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 months agoI wish humans created fewer pollution.
minus-squareThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 months agoChange pollution to pollutants and it works.
minus-squareCrayonRosary@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 months 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 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.