Illecors@lemmy.cafe to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 year 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-21 year agomessage-square113fedilink
minus-squareThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoChange pollution to pollutants and it works.
minus-squareCrayonRosary@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year 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.
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.