Comment on Mark Zuckerberg explains why so many tech companies are doing layoffs right now

• Kbobabob@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  So it’s just semantics?

  Then they have less workforce? I’m not sure that is correct but I am curious what the correct phrasing is if not.

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  • BlameItOnSomeone@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yep - less workforce (because workforce is a singular object) but fewer workers (because the “number of workers” is a countable object)

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