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Southerncross Posted 19 years ago
Grammar
Antonym of "too much"
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00 I've come across the expression "too less" for several times now, always used by fellow non-native speakers of English. 02 br
00 It sounds pretty weired to me, but after all, 05 0 00 still finds 580'000 matches. So is it something often confused or am I wrong in believing "too little" or "too few" respctively are much more appropriate? 02 br
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00 Thanks for your help 0240href http://www.google.com/search?q=%22too+less%22c google
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00 I've come across the expression "too less" for several times now, always used by fellow non-native speakers of English. 02 br
00 It sounds pretty weired to me, but after all, 05 0 00 still finds 580'000 matches. So is it something often confused or am I wrong in believing "too little" or "too few" respctively are much more appropriate? 02 br
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00 Thanks for your help 0240href http://www.google.com/search?q=%22too+less%22c google
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0 I googled too, because I wanted to see the usuage, and I got only 158,000, but still, that's far too many to be believed! 0-
- 0 I googled too, because I wanted to see the usuage, and I got only 158,000, but still, that's far too many to be believed!
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0 I googled too, because I wanted to see the usuage, and I got only 158,000, but still, that's far too many to be believed! But compared to 2.5 million for "too few" and 4.2 million for "too little," it's not very many. 02 br
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00 You are right - too little (noncount nouns) or too few (count nouns) is correct, and throw "too less" into the rubbish heap. 0-
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00 You are right - too little (noncount nouns) or too few (count nouns) is correct, and throw "too less" into the rubbish heap. 0-
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0 Hi Southerncross 02 br
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00 "Too less" is an extremely typical 01 b 00 non-native speaker 02 b 00 mistake. Don't forget that there is a lot of English on the Internet which was written by non-native speakers of English. 02 br
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00 I would be very surprised to hear a native speaker of English make that same mistake. Native speakers do
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00 "Too less" is an extremely typical 01 b 00 non-native speaker 02 b 00 mistake. Don't forget that there is a lot of English on the Internet which was written by non-native speakers of English. 02 br
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00 I would be very surprised to hear a native speaker of English make that same mistake. Native speakers do
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0 Thank you, Grammar Geek, 02 br
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00 Of course you are right with 158'000, I got the same result, but must have mixed up some numbers when writing. 02 br
00 But the bottom line remains the same nevertheless. 0-
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00 Of course you are right with 158'000, I got the same result, but must have mixed up some numbers when writing. 02 br
00 But the bottom line remains the same nevertheless. 0-
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Hi! Non-native speaker here, I was wondering the same thing as OP (original poster). I've used english in more or less 15 years now via the internet (not exactly sure how many years, just an estimate). But I still can't say for sure if something is correct or how to express myself with more advanced english.
I would never have, for example used "antonym", or even figured out the word for
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