Comments on: Less/Fewer; Number/Amount: Still Salvageable

By: Rod

Rod — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:04:44 +0000

Question Is it correct to use less as a comparative for adjectives?

Hurray for Tesco! « AmericanEnglishDoctor — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 14:23:42 +0000

[...] can see my detailed explanation of the uses of less/fewer, number/amount at [...]

Roshawn — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 19:45:07 +0000

Good point, Daniel. Thanks.

Daniel — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 10:33:56 +0000

Roshawn, I think it depends on the usage.

For example, you can say “From now on, I will eat less chicken.”

But you can also say “We had fewer chickens on our house”

Roshawn — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 00:01:59 +0000

It appears that “fewer” is used with words that are pluralized whereas “less” isn’t. Am I correct in my analysis?

Great post. Keep ‘em coming.