Thread: Do grammatical errors bother you?
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Old 10-24-2010, 12:35 PM   #129
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Originally Posted by boxcorner View Post
less and fewer
affect and effect
It annoys me inordinately when people confuse affect and effect.

But notwithstanding what is sometimes taught, using less with countables (i.e., "less than ten items") isn't incorrect. For more discussion on this than anyone needs: http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/langu...es/003775.html
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