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HMLithman Posted 19 years ago
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Every day I love you less and less...

0My work trainer said:02br
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00An amount less than GBP 10 must be deposited - right02br
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00An amount lesser of GBP 10 must be deposited - correct02br
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00I see something fishy with his explanation...0-
  

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0Hi,02br 02br 00The only one that sounds right to me is the second one. An amount lesser of ...? 0-

— BarbaraPA

  • 0Hi,02br 02br 00The only one that sounds right to me is the second one.
  • An amount lesser of ...?
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0Hi,02br
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00The only one that sounds right to me is the second one. An amount lesser of ...? But I'm an American, so perhaps that sounds right somewhere else.0-
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0I wonder what's supposed to happen to an amount higher than GBP 10.... 02br
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00In the last sentence, the trainer may have been thinking of an expression similar to "01i01b00the lesser of the two02b02i00". Unfortunately, 'lesser of' has not been used that way. 02br
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00I agree with Barb -- only the second sent
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0 Interestingly, if you googled "lesser of", many finance-related texts will appear, where it seems to be commonplace to use "lesser of" in place of "less than". 0-
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0I googled and these suggested results didn't come up in the first 8 pages of results, and I didn't bother looking any further.02br
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00It is incorrect to use 'lesser of' in this way. IT can only be used in a situation where there is a comparison.0-
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01cite10Anonymous12cite10Interestingly, if you googled "lesser of", many finance-related texts will appear, where it seems to be commonplace to use "lesser of" in place of "less than".12blockquote
10Well... I work for an international bank... perhaps that's why 'lesser of' was correct according to my trainer... agree?
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0No, but I would accept the fourth sentence if the word '01i00the02i00' were added:02br
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01cite10Yankee12cite10No, but I would accept the fourth sentence if the word '11i10the12i10' were added:12br
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10"11i10An amount the lesser of GBP 10 ..."12i12br
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10"11i10An amount (which is) the lesser of GBP 10 ..."12i12br
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01cite10HMLithman12cite11b10Most12b10 people in my bank use it12blockquote
10Well, then, we certainly wouldn't want to rock the boat or ruffle any feathers, now would we? Must get the company lingo right at all costs. (Try to avoid using it outside the bank, though.)02br
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01cite10Yankee12cite11blockquote
11cite20HMLithman22cite21b20Most22b20 people in my bank use it22blockquote
20Well, then, we certainly wouldn't want to rock the boat or ruffle any feathers, now would we? Must get the company lingo right at all costs. (Try
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