But the fewer/less solecism should be easy to avoid for fellow
English-speakers: if you can count them, it's fewer; if not, it's less.
Chris
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C M I Barker
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On 27 Jul 2005, at 18:23, Simon Worby wrote:
>
>
>>>> Plus, as a personal challenge, I am trying to do less
>>>>
>>>
>>> fewer (sorry, one of the ones that really niggles me, that and
>>>
> grocers'
>
>>> apostrophes)
>>>
>>
>> Sorry for this. Direct/wrong translation from German.
>>
>
> Don't be sorry. The English get it wrong all the time, too. You have a
> very good excuse; they don't.
>
> It's a bit like wie/als in German... which many Germans seem incapable
> of getting right, either!
>
> Regards,
>
> Simon
>
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