Or, for us true pedants, "neither has/neither is"

On Mon, Jun 02, 2014 at 06:25:21PM -0400, Ann Sanfedele wrote:
> My pet peeve as well, Igor  - Alas, it seems that "less" has been taking
> over and i'm told by an editor friend that it is now considered acceptable
> usage. My other one is the "both don't have/are not" in place of "neither
> have/neither are"
> 
> sigh
> ann
> 
> On 6/2/2014 12:59, Igor Roshchin wrote:
> >
> >
> >It has been discussed many times in many venues that the correct usage is
> >"10 items or FEWER" vs "10 items or less" (and apparently there is no 
> >complete consensus, even though I am on the "fewer" side in this case).
> >
> >But in this case, the situation is worse:
> >"UP TO .. or LESS"...
> >
> >http://42graphy.org/snapshots/IMG_20140523_212839_018-scr.jpg
> >"Some people are not paid to think."
> >
> >(Seen in Victoria's [BC] Save-On-Foods.)
> >
> >Igor
> >
> 
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