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Re:The theory of relativity in words of four letters or less by whatgoodisaroad on Friday May 17, 2013 @01:05PM (#5725505)
Am I being pedantic? That really should be four letters or fewer.
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Re:The theory of relativity in words of four letters or less by breadbox on Friday May 17, 2013 @01:23PM (#5725606)
Yes to both.
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Re:The theory of relativity in words of four letters or less by pit on Friday May 17, 2013 @01:19PM (#5725574)
Maybe he means "The theory of relativity in words of four letters or less [than the theory of relativity]" -- i.e., it is an _incomplete_ explanation -- which some of the people on this page seem to agree with. Seriously, I thought this was extremely clever, and the short, clipped style reminds me of Hemingway or Mamet.
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Re:The theory of relativity in words of four letters or less by 3minus1 on Friday May 17, 2013 @04:59PM (#5726660)
You don't always use "fewer" when talking about discrete units. For example, you say "less than 5 minutes ago". The same goes for measurements of length (less than 3 meters). I think "less" works here because letters is a measurement of length.
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