Isn’t less a superset of fewer though?
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Underwaterbob@lemm.ee 1 year agoI fucking swear I see this mistake every single day these days. Does no one know the difference between less and fewer anymore?!?
JackbyDev@programming.dev 1 year ago
TWeaK@lemm.ee 1 year 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.
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JackbyDev@programming.dev 1 year ago
One of the definitions of Less is “Consisting of a smaller number” which feels pretty countable.
BenLeMan@lemmy.world 1 year 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”.