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Originally Posted by afa
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.
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I think you're confused.
Read less = just... less, generally. Not counting pages or the number of books.
Read fewer (books) = counting the specific number.