On Tue, Feb 25, 2003 at 03:38:56PM +0000, Paul Makepeace wrote:
> > There would be less Email Viruses if ?
>
> "There would be fewer Email Viruses if:"
>
> 'Less' is for singular, 'fewer' is for plural. ('More' can be used
> with both.)
>
> </pet-grammar-niggle>,
> Paul
What do you mean for plural, since both have to do with quantities? I
think of it as 'less' is things you can't count and 'fewer' is for
things you can. Less sand, fewer grains of sand. Or less email, fewer
messages.
Oh. I see what you're saying now. Same thing I am, but since I'm
dense, my way seems easier to remember, or at least figure out when
you need to.
</also-my-pet-grammar-niggle>
--
mike
A whole lotta hoot and just a little bit of nanny
