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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

Few/less

Hi,

I'm thinking "less". Could someone please advise? Thanks

"There are less/fewer than two days to go before I return to work"

Thanks again
  

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Hmm, to me, both of them can be used but I son't know how I can explain the difference between them to you.

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  • Hmm, to me, both of them can be used but I son't know how I can explain the difference between them to you.
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Hmm, to me, both of them can be used but I son't know how I can explain the difference between them to you.
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days are countable ("two days"), so you need to use fewer. See http://englishplus.com/grammar/00000214.htm
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My apologies... You are referring to the whole batch, a certain amount of time, namely two days. In this specific case you have to use 'less than'. There is an exception for things like kilos, percent, money, time, money, etc.
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I asked a very similar question a few months ago, and got excellent answers and some reference materials.

This is the link to the thread:
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