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Comment by DangitBobby

4 hours ago

Actually it's either because less versus fewer is not an actual rule

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DangitBobby

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fenomas  44 minutes ago

It's not a grammar issue; only "less" matches TFA's meaning.

(Aside: it's better not to be pedantic, but if you must be pedantic you should remember to be correct as well.)

  • DangitBobby  29 minutes ago

    True. People often incorrectly believe that less and fewer have distinct cases where only one word is correct. They are mistaken.

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