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kwilson17
07-13-2008, 04:02 AM
I recently read an article that included this sentence -

Today many fewer are being killed and it is hard to make a moral distinction between the sides.

Is this good grammar?

Vivid_Dreamer
07-19-2008, 06:14 AM
It looks like there's no firm subject in the sentence, and 'many fewer' is too vague. Many fewer what? It reads like a sentence fragment, but it might make sense in context within a paragraph.

Maeve
07-19-2008, 09:16 PM
I recently read an article that included this sentence -

Today many fewer are being killed and it is hard to make a moral distinction between the sides.

Is this good grammar?

This sentence cannot be helped with a mere grammar fix.

It needs to be rewritten in order to convey what the writer means.

KLL
10-29-2008, 08:32 PM
Many few of what? Should have noun or object there after few? :)