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LESSFEWER




Common Stumbling Blocks - Peculiar Constructions - Misused Forms.

Less refers is quantity, fewer to number. "No man has less virtues"
should be "No man has fewer virtues." "The farmer had some oats and a
fewer quantity of wheat" should be "the farmer had some oats and a
less quantity of wheat."





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