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Aug 2, 2014 - 12:19 PM
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Tall Guy
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And I have to say, I still don't see a problem in...five items or less. That's five items, or less than five items, all very clear to me, & less is a nice hard word, whereas fewer is a bit of a nothing word, sounds like a quiet fart. Sorry - we'll never see eye to eye on that particular point. Split infinitives, ending sentences with prepositions or starting them with conjunctions, no problem as long as it's elegant and clear. But some things are just wrong - using "however" as a conjunction, for example (it's an adverb, apparently). And using "less" when it should be "fewer". Personally, I find "less" to be an ugly word, like "got". "Fewer" has a gentle zephyr-like quality, and what's more, it's the mot juste.
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