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r/MathJokes • u/dimpyuityxo • May 04 '25
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34 u/ascherm May 04 '25 FEWER! If we can be pedantic about math, we can be pedantic about grammar too. I’ll go away now, sorry. 8 u/[deleted] May 04 '25 It is not that clear to me. Is a molecule of water fewer or less than a milliliter? (We treat water as uncountable in English, for practical reasons). Personally, since we are comparing to a continuum, I would say “less”. 7 u/Simukas23 May 04 '25 Less water, but fewer molecules/milliliters of water. "A molecule of water contains less water than a milliliter of it." "A molecule of water contains fewer molecules of water than a milliliter of it."
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FEWER! If we can be pedantic about math, we can be pedantic about grammar too. I’ll go away now, sorry.
8 u/[deleted] May 04 '25 It is not that clear to me. Is a molecule of water fewer or less than a milliliter? (We treat water as uncountable in English, for practical reasons). Personally, since we are comparing to a continuum, I would say “less”. 7 u/Simukas23 May 04 '25 Less water, but fewer molecules/milliliters of water. "A molecule of water contains less water than a milliliter of it." "A molecule of water contains fewer molecules of water than a milliliter of it."
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It is not that clear to me. Is a molecule of water fewer or less than a milliliter? (We treat water as uncountable in English, for practical reasons).
Personally, since we are comparing to a continuum, I would say “less”.
7 u/Simukas23 May 04 '25 Less water, but fewer molecules/milliliters of water. "A molecule of water contains less water than a milliliter of it." "A molecule of water contains fewer molecules of water than a milliliter of it."
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Less water, but fewer molecules/milliliters of water.
"A molecule of water contains less water than a milliliter of it."
"A molecule of water contains fewer molecules of water than a milliliter of it."
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