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Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League season three debuts to less than 300 Steam players (www.eurogamer.net)
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[–] GarrulousBrevity@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Fewer*

[–] MyTurtleSwimsUpsideDown@fedia.io 36 points 1 day ago (3 children)

This distinction was first tentatively suggested by the grammarian Robert Baker in 1770, and it was eventually presented as a rule by many grammarians since then. However, modern linguistics has shown that idiomatic past and current usage consists of the word less with both countable nouns and uncountable nouns so that the traditional rule for the use of the word fewer stands, but not the traditional rule for the use of the word less.

[–] GarrulousBrevity@lemmy.world 7 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

I was just stirring the pot, and I love this response

[–] CluckN@lemmy.world 6 points 18 hours ago

Yeah but the summary could be lesser words.

[–] barsquid@lemmy.world 3 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

Use "less" for countable nouns and "fewer" for uncountable nouns as a little language prank.

[–] Etienne_Dahu@jlai.lu 2 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

Ah yes, Carefewer Whisper is such a timeless love song!

[–] barsquid@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours ago

*Timefewer :)

[–] barsquid@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours ago

The implications are far worse than I imagined!

[–] MyTurtleSwimsUpsideDown@fedia.io 4 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Eh. I could care fewer.

[–] ugo@feddit.it 5 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Couldn’t* care fewer. Get it right.

[–] MyTurtleSwimsUpsideDown@fedia.io 1 points 3 hours ago

I couldn’t’ve’d cared fewer than I amming.

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 6 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

I love that there's a wikipedia page on this.

I hate that doing the wrong thing consistently automatically makes it the right thing.

[–] parlaptie@feddit.org 20 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Maybe you should read the article, especially the section on historical usage. Saying 'less' was never wrong, there was just a bunch of fancy academics that came along once and said it's wrong, while everyone else just carried on as usual.

[–] addie@feddit.uk 2 points 16 hours ago

Annoys me that "less" is always correct, which makes "fewer" completely redundant, and yet it's a short word that could be valuable in conversation if opened up and reused for something everyday that has a long name.

"Before I leave the house, I always check that I've got my keys, phone, and fure in my pockets."

[–] sp3tr4l@lemmy.zip 9 points 1 day ago (2 children)

'Under' would have worked and been shorter.

[–] adarza@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 day ago

or, take a different spin.

"Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League season three debuts to over 200 Steam players!"