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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
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That's one fewer thing I need to do.
Is this correct?
There, I'm done. That's one fewer thing I need to do.
There, I'm done. That's one fewer thing I need to do.
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The usual wording is: That's one less thing I need to do.
- The usual wording is: That's one less thing I need to do.
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Hi
For every A you get on a test, I will buy you a gift.
The mother says : That's one fewer gift I have to buy you since you didn't get an A.
Should it be fewer or less? Gift can be plural, so why not use fewer?
For every A you get on a test, I will buy you a gift.
The mother says : That's one fewer gift I have to buy you since you didn't get an A.
Should it be fewer or less? Gift can be plural, so why not use fewer?
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You are correct that you generally use "fewer" when you can count the items and "less" when you cannot. However, the common idiom is backwards here.
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