I thought that less was to do with the size or extent of somethingand fewer was the number... that's what was beaten into me by my mother when I was younger... now when I see the '10 items or less' line in Tesco I feel like I'm about to be walloped.
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Prof UnderCover evitable,
Fri 12 Dec 2008, 12:37,
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I think you're right, and I think your mother explained it better than these people...(
Barbarossa is not my real name,
Fri 12 Dec 2008, 12:40,
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