I'm of the fewer persuasion too. That sign is doubly guilty in that 'up to X items' already means 'X items or fewer'. They should only say it once. Or fewer than once.
B > On 2 Jun 2014, at 18:40, "Daniel J. Matyola" <danmaty...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I agree with you on the linguistic point, but everyone thinks I am a > grammar nazi. > > Dan Matyola > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola > > >> On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 12:59 PM, Igor Roshchin <s...@komkon.org> wrote: >> >> >> It has been discussed many times in many venues that the correct usage is >> "10 items or FEWER" vs "10 items or less" (and apparently there is no >> complete consensus, even though I am on the "fewer" side in this case). >> >> But in this case, the situation is worse: >> "UP TO .. or LESS"... >> >> http://42graphy.org/snapshots/IMG_20140523_212839_018-scr.jpg >> "Some people are not paid to think." >> >> (Seen in Victoria's [BC] Save-On-Foods.) >> >> Igor >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.