Laurence Reeves wrote:
> David Tubbs wrote:
>>> Just to wind up this one, from way back, Tony Firshman wrote:
>>>
>>> Being me, I took TF at his word, that the rule should be "countable",
>>> and went onto my "infinity" theme.
>>>
>> Sorry Lau, I did not take your point correctly, but certainly a nit for the
>> picking.
>>
>>
> Not my nit. TF's definition sounded wrong, somehow. I mentioned it to
> someone else. They gave me the correct (or should that be "a /more/
> correct") rule: "Use 'fewer' iff plural". No mention of counting.
Surely if there is a plural, then it can be counted?
Tony
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