On Fri, 2005-11-25 at 12:48 +1100, James Purser wrote:
> http://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/less?view=uk

Read the note on usage again.
Here it is in terms geeks will grok:
"less" is used for continuous quantities,
"fewer" is used for discrete quantities

less water, fewer drops.
less population, fewer people.
less traffic, fewer cars.

Express lane: 8 items or FEWER

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