Illecors@lemmy.cafe to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 years agoPeople using 'less' when they should be using 'fewer'message-squaremessage-square113linkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1message-squarePeople using 'less' when they should be using 'fewer'Illecors@lemmy.cafe to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 years agomessage-square113linkfedilink
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.
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.