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It's fewer, fewer, fewer, fewer!

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Chocolatelovinggran Wed 11-Jun-25 14:19:25

Me too...

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Daddima Wed 11-Jun-25 14:03:10
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The Pedants’ Revolt

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Grandma70s Wed 11-Jun-25 13:53:36

I’ve been going on about this for years, as did my parents before me.

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Aely Wed 11-Jun-25 13:46:02

Fewer people are saying fewer and using less when it is totally inappropriate and I find my self fighting a losing battle and yelling at the television, including at News broadcasters on the BBC, who really should know better.

"Less people" at a demonstration, for instance. It's wrong! If I were feeling judgemental and uncharitable I might be grammatically correct, (but extremely rude), if I referred to "lesser people", but that means something completely different.

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