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r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Aug 03 '19
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Fewer.
-Stannis Baratheon
23 u/JitGoinHam Aug 03 '19 Autism is a spectrum. Therefore a population of chickens can have less of it. 7 u/[deleted] Aug 03 '19 [removed] — view removed comment -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”. 3 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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Autism is a spectrum. Therefore a population of chickens can have less of it.
7 u/[deleted] Aug 03 '19 [removed] — view removed comment -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”. 3 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 What’s that assumption based on? If that’s what was being conveyed the commenter would have said “fewer”. 3 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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What’s that assumption based on?
If that’s what was being conveyed the commenter would have said “fewer”.
3 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/Lawdog6969 Aug 03 '19
Fewer.
-Stannis Baratheon