Comment on The Peasant Life

BenLeMan@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• Underwaterbob@lemm.ee ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I fucking swear I see this mistake every single day these days. Does no one know the difference between less and fewer anymore?!?

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  • BenLeMan@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    There’s a growing amount of people (sic) who are unaware of the difference between countable and uncountable nouns. Just watch any YouTube video that happens to involve quantities of any kind. “Amount” has become the standard term. And it’s similar with “less”.

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  • JackbyDev@programming.dev ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Isn’t less a superset of fewer though?

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    • TWeaK@lemm.ee ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      No, fewer is for countable nouns, while less is for uncountable nouns.

      However, like is often the case with the English language, there are various exceptions to the rule.

      Sources:

      1. www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/fewer-vs-less
      2. BBC: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pm-YQGFs8E

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      • JackbyDev@programming.dev ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        One of the definitions of Less is “Consisting of a smaller number” which feels pretty countable.

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• DahGangalang@infosec.pub ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Ben Le Man?

  More like Stannis Le Mannis

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