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From: jlw@ariel.UUCP (J.WOOD)
Newsgroups: net.misc
Subject: Re: Making less grammatical mistakes
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Date: Sat, 19-May-84 10:57:49 EDT
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I don't know whether this is a true grammatical error or not,
but the title of this article grates on my ear.
I have always used the rule that the word fewer should be
used in cases like this.  I always use fewer when I'm talking
or writing about countable things.  For example, "Tom has
fewer dollars in his wallet than Bill."  On the other hand,
I would use the word less for those occasions when I'm
discussing uncountable amounts, as in, "Tom has less
money than Bill."



					Joseph L. Wood, III
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PS

I also removed the gratuitous ' - (nf)'.

					JLW