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Fewer versus less is the debate revolving around grammatically using the words fewer and less correctly. The common perspective of today is that fewer should be used (instead of less) with nouns for countable objects and concepts (discretely quantifiable nouns, or count nouns). On the other hand less should be used only with a grammatically singular noun (including mass nouns). This distinction was first expressed by grammarian Robert Baker in 1770, and has been supported as a general rule since then by other notable grammarians. However, a more recent perspective based on current usage notes that, while the rule for fewer stands, the word less is used more fluidly.

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rdfs:comment	Fewer versus less is the debate revolving around grammatically using the words fewer and less correctly. The common perspective of today is that fewer should be used (instead of less) with nouns for countable objects and concepts (discretely quantifiable nouns, or count nouns). On the other hand less should be used only with a grammatically singular noun (including mass nouns). This distinction was first expressed by grammarian Robert Baker in 1770, and has been supported as a general rule since then by other notable grammarians. However, a more recent perspective based on current usage notes that, while the rule for fewer stands, the word less is used more fluidly. (en)
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Link from a Wikipage to an external page	http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/CMS_FAQ/LessorFewer/LessorFewer01.html http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/learnit/learnitv260.shtml https://web.archive.org/web/20071124090932/http:/alt-usage-english.org/excerpts/fxlessvs.html https://web.archive.org/web/20120107231238/http:/oxforddictionaries.com/words/less-or-fewer http://www.translationdirectory.com/article853.htm
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