Ann Parker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Response from an English teacher: LESS is used with anything that can be >counted. >Thus FEWER CLICKS would be correct. Grandma Ann
Response from another English teacher: LESS is used with "uncountable" nouns, and FEWER with "countable" nouns. (I think you just made a typo, Ann)! Thus: less memory, less hassle, less disk space, but FEWER people, FEWER clicks, FEWER programs ... - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Harold B." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC Works - LIST" <[email protected]> Sent:> Question 2: Maybe there's an English teacher in the group. Is it a few fewer > clicks or a few less clicks? Maybe just "fewer clicks" --- Harold Virginia Da Costa [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
