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Less and Fewer Are Not Interchangeable
Posted by Editormum on Tuesday, 28 March 2006 in Usage and Diction | ∞
These two words may be the most misused words in the language. They are not interchangeable; each has a specific meaning and a specific usage. Fewer is a comparative adjective used with things that may be counted — a good test is to determine whether the word is something that has both a singular and […]
A Question of Agreement
I’ve received an odd e-mail, but it raises a very good question. I’m answering it here because I just can’t believe it’s for real. A professional journalist would not be e-mailing me to answer such an elementary grammatical question. I’m pretty sure that the e-mail was a phishing expedition. So, editing out all the live […]