You are sort of right:'Use fewer to describe countable things. Use less to describe uncountable quantities, collective amounts, and degree. These terms are not interchangeable.'
It is number dependant, not size-dependant. Or dependent. Whatever.
(It is number dependant, not size-dependant. Or dependent. Whatever.
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Sun 31 Aug 2008, 12:31,
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No, it is not number dependant.If there are so many it is a bitch to count then it is still countable.
You never have less grains of sugar, no matter how much sugar there is, yet you have less sugar, even if there is only 1 grain left.
(You never have less grains of sugar, no matter how much sugar there is, yet you have less sugar, even if there is only 1 grain left.
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Sun 31 Aug 2008, 18:37,
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