Not if you can count them, Dharma. It’s “less” for quantities, “fewer” for
numbers.
Chris
> On 15 Oct 16, at 03:42, Dharma Singh <dharmasingh@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Shouldn't that be *less *?
>
> [Well so far for my 55 years old English (not American) school books ]
>
> 2016-10-14 22:14 GMT+02:00 Charles Geilfuss <charles.geilfuss@xxxxxxxxx
> <mailto:charles.geilfuss@xxxxxxxxx>>:
>
>> Very true. Never let clarity stand in the way of sales. My pet peeve is a
>> toothpaste commercial (forget the brand, so already they failed) that
>> claims "three times fewer cavities" when they obviously mean 1/3 fewer
>> cavities. Arghhhhh.
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