Ask HN: How is this for a beta page..?

Re:Ask HN: How is this for a beta page..? by byoung2 on Monday January 13, 2014 @11:33AM (#7051539)

English major's gut says: "95% less" should be "95% fewer" in the case of "buttons" and "things to learn".

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Re:Ask HN: How is this for a beta page..? by nbrogi on Monday January 13, 2014 @11:40AM (#7051602)

Eh eh, I know :-)

I'm Italian, my wife's American, I told her that I wanted to use 'less' so that I could do things like "95% less this, 95% less that", while "fewer" would limit my choice in that regard.

She said it's fine.

Does it sound really bad/that I don't know it should be "fewer" I guess..?

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Re:Ask HN: How is this for a beta page..? by byoung2 on Monday January 13, 2014 @02:00PM (#7052558)

95% of people won't notice it's wrong

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Re:Ask HN: How is this for a beta page..? by nbrogi on Monday January 13, 2014 @02:50PM (#7052850)

Eheh... :-)

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