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English usage and grammar@lemmy.ca · 1 year ago

Less vs. Fewer (double post, please go to the other one.)

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Less vs. Fewer (double post, please go to the other one.)

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English usage and grammar@lemmy.ca · 1 year ago

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Accidently posted this twice. Lets stop adding to this one and go to the one with more comments

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I hope it disappears from the language, these kind of words just add more friction when learning the language.

Having fewer words in the vocabulary will cause the language to be less difficult to learn ;)

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