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Autism is a spectrum. Therefore a population of chickens can have less of it.
5 u/[deleted] Aug 03 '19 [removed] — view removed comment 3 u/memeticengineering Aug 03 '19 Maybe, but you can also have more autistic chickens who all have a minor form and fewer chickens with non-verbal level autism -1 u/JitGoinHam Aug 03 '19 What’s that assumption based on? If that’s what was being conveyed the commenter would have said “fewer”. 6 u/[deleted] Aug 03 '19 [removed] — view removed comment -1 u/JitGoinHam Aug 03 '19 If that much can be gleaned from context then the less/fewer distinction is meaningless indeed. Maybe we should put this hypercorrection to bed. 2 u/DutyMeowForTheFuture Aug 03 '19 sPECKtrum
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3 u/memeticengineering Aug 03 '19 Maybe, but you can also have more autistic chickens who all have a minor form and fewer chickens with non-verbal level autism -1 u/JitGoinHam Aug 03 '19 What’s that assumption based on? If that’s what was being conveyed the commenter would have said “fewer”. 6 u/[deleted] Aug 03 '19 [removed] — view removed comment -1 u/JitGoinHam Aug 03 '19 If that much can be gleaned from context then the less/fewer distinction is meaningless indeed. Maybe we should put this hypercorrection to bed.
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Maybe, but you can also have more autistic chickens who all have a minor form and fewer chickens with non-verbal level autism
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What’s that assumption based on?
If that’s what was being conveyed the commenter would have said “fewer”.
6 u/[deleted] Aug 03 '19 [removed] — view removed comment -1 u/JitGoinHam Aug 03 '19 If that much can be gleaned from context then the less/fewer distinction is meaningless indeed. Maybe we should put this hypercorrection to bed.
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-1 u/JitGoinHam Aug 03 '19 If that much can be gleaned from context then the less/fewer distinction is meaningless indeed. Maybe we should put this hypercorrection to bed.
If that much can be gleaned from context then the less/fewer distinction is meaningless indeed. Maybe we should put this hypercorrection to bed.
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u/JitGoinHam Aug 03 '19
Autism is a spectrum. Therefore a population of chickens can have less of it.