We've still got to play the blades home and away. We can haul them in
Quote from: Matt Collins on November 18, 2017, 09:32:05 PMWe've still got to play the blades home and away. We can haul them inThat was a disgraceful missed opportunity to use the line 'blunt the blades' as opposed to 'we can haul them in'. You will never make a living in tabloid journalism.
Quote from: Bad English on November 18, 2017, 06:48:50 PMQuote from: cheltenhamlion on November 16, 2017, 06:16:47 PMQuote from: Lastfootstamper on November 16, 2017, 06:12:56 PMQuote from: cheltenhamlion on November 16, 2017, 05:16:15 PMWeren't there less teams in the league back then though?Fewer.Less works equally as well. As in, a smaller amount. I accept fewer is specific to numbers.No, it doesn't. Less is for uncountable nouns and fewer is for countable nouns.They play less football. There are Fewer teams.Eat less chocolate. Eat fewer chocolates.The match tickets cost fewer than twenty pounds back then.
Quote from: cheltenhamlion on November 16, 2017, 06:16:47 PMQuote from: Lastfootstamper on November 16, 2017, 06:12:56 PMQuote from: cheltenhamlion on November 16, 2017, 05:16:15 PMWeren't there less teams in the league back then though?Fewer.Less works equally as well. As in, a smaller amount. I accept fewer is specific to numbers.No, it doesn't. Less is for uncountable nouns and fewer is for countable nouns.They play less football. There are Fewer teams.Eat less chocolate. Eat fewer chocolates.
Quote from: Lastfootstamper on November 16, 2017, 06:12:56 PMQuote from: cheltenhamlion on November 16, 2017, 05:16:15 PMWeren't there less teams in the league back then though?Fewer.Less works equally as well. As in, a smaller amount. I accept fewer is specific to numbers.
Quote from: cheltenhamlion on November 16, 2017, 05:16:15 PMWeren't there less teams in the league back then though?Fewer.
Weren't there less teams in the league back then though?
Quote from: Risso on November 18, 2017, 07:03:00 PMQuote from: Bad English on November 18, 2017, 06:48:50 PMQuote from: cheltenhamlion on November 16, 2017, 06:16:47 PMQuote from: Lastfootstamper on November 16, 2017, 06:12:56 PMQuote from: cheltenhamlion on November 16, 2017, 05:16:15 PMWeren't there less teams in the league back then though?Fewer.Less works equally as well. As in, a smaller amount. I accept fewer is specific to numbers.No, it doesn't. Less is for uncountable nouns and fewer is for countable nouns.They play less football. There are Fewer teams.Eat less chocolate. Eat fewer chocolates.The match tickets cost fewer than twenty pounds back then. Less is used with both countable and uncountable nouns in the comparative form with than. Tickets cost less than twenty pounds (an amount). Which means fewer than twenty pound coins (units).
What's wrong with decimated?
Quote from: Bad English on November 18, 2017, 11:53:29 PMQuote from: Risso on November 18, 2017, 07:03:00 PMQuote from: Bad English on November 18, 2017, 06:48:50 PMQuote from: cheltenhamlion on November 16, 2017, 06:16:47 PMQuote from: Lastfootstamper on November 16, 2017, 06:12:56 PMQuote from: cheltenhamlion on November 16, 2017, 05:16:15 PMWeren't there less teams in the league back then though?Fewer.Less works equally as well. As in, a smaller amount. I accept fewer is specific to numbers.No, it doesn't. Less is for uncountable nouns and fewer is for countable nouns.They play less football. There are Fewer teams.Eat less chocolate. Eat fewer chocolates.The match tickets cost fewer than twenty pounds back then. Less is used with both countable and uncountable nouns in the comparative form with than. Tickets cost less than twenty pounds (an amount). Which means fewer than twenty pound coins (units).The less/fewer thing is one that grinds my gears too. Nonethefewer, I think we have to accept that language changes and this is one of the areas (in fact, area's) where it's currently about to become infuriatingly acceptable.