less vs fewer
Definitions
adjective
- (usually preceded by `no') lower in quality
- (comparative of `little' usually used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning not as great in amount or degree
- (nonstandard in some uses but often idiomatic with measure phrases) fewer
adverb
- comparative of little
- used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs
Examples
Laura Wade's Posh, timed to open as the Tories edged into power in May 2010, reminded us just what we were in for: overprivileged hooligans in drinking-society blazers who trash a pub as thoughtlessly as they will trash the country.
Which is stupid, considering the drivers around here A: Don't normally stop for people and in fact have been caught trying to sneak ~around~ them and B: I've been nicked several times and almost hit three times different instances last summer attempting to obey the biking laws, none of those for mistakes on my part as I've been scared shitless at the lack of aware driving that's crept over my town.
The pain in his side was crushing, as if there was a steel hand in there relentlessly closing on an organ.
Definitions
adjective
- (comparative of `few' used with count nouns) quantifier meaning a smaller number of
Examples
People consumed fewer calories without even trying to do so.
Other specialties have undergone relative declines such as orthopedics safer cars and fewer smashed bones.
Digital photography and fewer people taking holidays appear to be the main culprits there.
