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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
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less/fewer more (x2)
If it’s so important to distinguish between "less" and "fewer", why don’t we have two different words to distinguish between the two kinds of "more"?
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It just happens that we don't. Incidentally, though learners are recommended to use 'less' and 'fewer' correctly in order not to risk losing points in examinations, many speakers of BrE don't. 'Less' is becoming the default word of choice.
- It just happens that we don't.
- Incidentally, though learners are recommended to use 'less' and 'fewer' correctly in order not to risk losing points in examinations, many speakers of BrE don't.
- 'Less' is becoming the default word of choice.
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It just happens that we don't.
Incidentally, though learners are recommended to use 'less' and 'fewer' correctly in order not to risk losing points in examinations, many speakers of BrE don't. 'Less' is becoming the default word of choice.
Incidentally, though learners are recommended to use 'less' and 'fewer' correctly in order not to risk losing points in examinations, many speakers of BrE don't. 'Less' is becoming the default word of choice.
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Anonymous If it’s so important to distinguish between "less" and "fewer", why don’t we have two different words to distinguish between the two kinds of "more"?It is a mystery of the cosmos that scientists have been working on for nearly a century. We at EnglishForward.com are committed to informing you with all possible speed once we find out the two new wor
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Or maybe it's because there is no more need to distinguish the two kinds of "more" than it is to distinguish "less and fewer". 
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