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Less and fewer
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Even really big supermarkets get this wrong! Checkouts still have signs above them reading "10 items or less" when it should be "10 items or fewer".
Let's see why:
You can have less of something if it is a single thing:
less sugar, less hair, less time. |
You can only have fewer items of a plural something:
fewer men, fewer A* grades, fewer shoes.
You can have less money, but you can't have less five pound notes: you must have fewer five pound notes!
Your Dad can have less hair, but not less hairs: he must have fewer hairs!
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