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Originally Posted by BoiseShan
Shouldn't that be "fewer" than 100 books?
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An interesting point. I'm not sure whether it should be. From what I understand,
fewer is used when referring to an indeterminate amount of objects. So if we remove the '100' from the sentence, then it fits, i.e. "People in 2011 read
fewer books than in 2001," or something like that.
Since we are mentioning a specific count, however, I think using
less is acceptable.
Of course, I could be wrong. I am by no means an expert on grammar. I would be interested, though, for someone to chime in on this.