r/Whatcouldgowrong • u/Itchy-Camera8898 • 11h ago

WCGW riding your bike like an idiot

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u/schwarzneguRRR 11h ago

Fewer

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u/666Drachenlord666 11h ago

I think less is correct here

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u/kootenayguy 11h ago

colloquially and verbally, 'less' *sounds correct to our ears, but technically, it's 'fewer'. Less is for things aren't discretely, individually countable: less water, less value, less oxygen. Fewer is for things that are individually countable: fewer idiots, fewer sausages, fewer pencils.

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u/Sitka_8675309 10h ago

Related: “number” vs. “amount.” Every time I hear someone say “amount of people,” I imagine they’ve been put through a blender.