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Re:This map is not upside down by cgh on Thursday September 18, 2025 @08:38PM (#45296688)
Heck if I know. All I know is I am a lot more worked up about the misuse of “less” when the correct word is “fewer”.
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Re:This map is not upside down by robocat on Thursday September 18, 2025 @09:25PM (#45296964)
Whom would care fewer?
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Re:This map is not upside down by jamiek88 on Friday September 19, 2025 @03:09AM (#45298759)
Which itself was simply the preference of a spinster who wrote a grammar book.

English has no rules like that, only preferences.

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