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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

less tea/fewer bananas

No native speaker would ever produce the sentence "I have fewer tea than you.", but many native speakers would produce "I have less bananas that you". How can this be?
  

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Anonymous "I have less bananas tha n you". Language works in mysterious ways. People haven't told me why they say what they say.

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  • Anonymous "I have less bananas tha n you".
  • Language works in mysterious ways.
  • People haven't told me why they say what they say.
  • Do people tell others in your language why they make mistakes?
  • CB
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Anonymous"I have less bananas than you".
Language works in mysterious ways. People haven't told me why they say what they say. Do people tell others in your language why they make mistakes?

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AnonymousHow can this be?
They like the word less more than they like the word fewer?

CJ
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Hi Califjim,

Would you kindly tell me which of fewer and less is correct?

There, I'm done. That's one fewer/less thing I need to do.
That's one fewer/less gift I have to buy you since you didn't get an A.


Is this correct? It took a few less bullets to kill him.
I have one point less/fewer in every category.
I have one less/fewer point in every category.
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AnonymousThere, I'm done. That's one fewer/less thing I need to do. That's one fewer/less gift I have to buy you since you didn't get an A. ... I have one less/fewer point in every category.
'one less [something]' is acceptable.
AnonymousI have one point less/fewer in every category.
'one [something] less' is acceptable.
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