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TeacherJapan Posted 9 years ago
Grammar
Skills or skill?
In the following sentence, would you use 'skills' or 'skill'?
Advanced technology has enabled contemporary men to use less of their skill(s.)
Advanced technology has enabled contemporary men to use less of their skill(s.)
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and 'fewer'. ) 'Skill' is more often countable, so it is a simple matter of deciding whether one skill or several are probably involved in any particular context.
- and 'fewer'.
- ) 'Skill' is more often countable, so it is a simple matter of deciding whether one skill or several are probably involved in any particular context.
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'Skills'...and 'fewer'. (I am a conservative on the 'less/fewer' point.) 'Skill' is more often countable, so it is a simple matter of deciding whether one skill or several are probably involved in any particular context.
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I see. It's always safe to be conservative when it comes to language.
Otherwise, a lot of people would start to misuse it, I think.
Otherwise, a lot of people would start to misuse it, I think.
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