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stuartjworthington.bsky.social • 22 days ago

Yes (and this time with the right link):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fewer_versus_less

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It's not a 'supposed' rule though, is it? 'Supposed' would mean a rule that is imagined to exist, but doesn't. Fewer/less for countable/uncountable verbs is an actual rule.

You should have gone with 'contested'not 'supposed', innit?

stuartjworthington.bsky.social•16 days ago

Was it ever an actual rule though? 😕 Some people thought/think it was, but their reasoning seems suspect to me.

https://youtu.be/BccyQaNKXz8?t=1035

occamseraser.bsky.social•16 days ago

'Was it ever an actual rule though?'
Yes.
How long do you want to keep doing this btw? Weeks or months?

stuartjworthington.bsky.social•16 days ago

I'd say the people who claim/ed it was a rule based on the preference of some guy in 1770 were wrong.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/fewer-vs-less

Sorry, is this a five minute argument, or the full half hour?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLlv_aZjHXc

occamseraser.bsky.social•16 days ago

I could be arguing in my spare time.

Although I have fewer of it than I used to.

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