Subject: | [OM] Re: OT Re: Re: Lose, Loose, Looser, Loser |
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From: | "Marc Lawrence" <MLawrence@xxxxxxxxxx> |
Date: | Thu, 18 Jan 2007 20:54:03 +1100 |
> Chris Barker wrote: > One of my (many) bugbears is the difference between "less" > and "fewer". > > "Less people" is bad, "fewer people" is good, because you can count > people ... It is bad, unless you're tucking in to a nice big meal of Soylent Green, in which case "less people" is good. Cheers, Marc Sydney, Oz ============================================== List usage info: http://www.zuikoholic.com List nannies: olympusadmin@xxxxxxxxxx ============================================== |
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