throwawayacc0430@sh.itjust.works to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agoLemmy feels less anonymous than Reddit, because there are less users and its easier to be remembered. Similar to a small town where everyone knows each other.message-squaremessage-square289linkfedilinkarrow-up1825arrow-down127file-text
arrow-up1798arrow-down1message-squareLemmy feels less anonymous than Reddit, because there are less users and its easier to be remembered. Similar to a small town where everyone knows each other.throwawayacc0430@sh.itjust.works to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square289linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareDrusas@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up4·8 days agoIt’s actually about whether the object is countable. Water -> less water Cups of water -> fewer cups of water It bothers me a bit, too, but American English is definitely evolving to replace “fewer” with “less”.
minus-squareHemingways_Shotgun@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 days agoYes. But in 99.9 percent of cases, it also happens to be plural, so my eternal hope is that if it can be grasped as “If there’s as ‘s’, use ‘fewer’”, maybe more people would get it.
It’s actually about whether the object is countable.
Water -> less water Cups of water -> fewer cups of water
It bothers me a bit, too, but American English is definitely evolving to replace “fewer” with “less”.
Yes. But in 99.9 percent of cases, it also happens to be plural, so my eternal hope is that if it can be grasped as “If there’s as ‘s’, use ‘fewer’”, maybe more people would get it.