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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
Vocabulary

less/fewer

0I am wondering whether the use of less as in "less troops to be deployed" has meanwhile become an acceptable way of replacing fewer.02br
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00What is your stand on this?. I have heard people say less troops so many times that I figure the rigid rule of using fewer in this case is slowly disappearing.0-
  

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0 I don't have a good answer for you, Anon. I'd say "fewer" myself. 0-

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  • 0 I don't have a good answer for you, Anon.
  • I'd say "fewer" myself.
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0 I don't have a good answer for you, Anon. I'd say "fewer" myself. 0-
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0 OK, Thank you. I guess it is a tricky one.. 0-
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0 01b01font00In my book, 'fewer' for countable, 'less' for non-countable is still the rule. However, more and more people are not reading my book, including those who might be involved with deploying troops.02font02b00 0-
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01cite10Anonymous12cite10I am wondering whether the use of less as in "less troops to be deployed" has meanwhile become an acceptable way of replacing fewer.12br
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01cite10Philip12cite11b11font10In my book, 'fewer' for countable, 'less' for non-countable is still the rule. 12font12b12blockquote
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