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Re:Tesla Semi by JabavuAdams on Friday November 17, 2017 @08:57AM (#15721952)
For quantifying discrete objects, you should use "fewer", not "less". "Less" is used for aggregates, continuous media, and numeric values. So, "fewer people", but "less water".
Re:Tesla Semi by Voyage_wanderer on Friday November 17, 2017 @09:33AM (#15722227)
Thanks for the clarification. However I’m a truck driver, I passed my English requirements for CDl. :)
Re:Tesla Semi by tialaramex on Friday November 17, 2017 @03:58PM (#15725903)
You needn't do this. Some random bloke thought it'd be a good idea years ago, wrote it down in a book. A certain type of pedant says to themselves, oh somebody wrote it down in a book - that's the rule them. Nope.

You can't use fewer in some places, but the insistence that if you can use it then you must is an zombie rule. If "less" sounds right it's fine.

Re:Tesla Semi by JabavuAdams on Friday November 17, 2017 @06:49PM (#15726931)
Thanks for that, but it doesn't sound right.