The one that makes my hair stand on end is the use of "less" when "fewer" is
meant.
Journalists on the TV and in print who are older than me can't even get it
right. I
think a UFO has abducted all the fewers leaving us with less ;-)
Giles
lclark@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> abomination to linguisitic misuse: substituting "alot" for "a lot,"
> which is swiftly becoming a tocsin for a descent into illiteracy.
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