April 10, 2006
Grammar Quiz with "Fewer" and "Less"
Q. What do these sentences have in common?
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Less than half of our agents have a degree.
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Jerome has less credit cards than I do.
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Su Lin has fewer patience than I do with whiners.
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He has less problems than I do.
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Less than twenty of the cars were damaged.
A. They’re all incorrect.
Here’s the skinny on the often-confused FEWER and LESS:
Fewer: Use when items CAN be counted: fewer letters
Less: Use with quantities that CANNOT be counted: less nitrogen
Less is more—more than a meaningless modifier.
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