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Originally Posted by HarryT
Given that the majority of native English speakers don't know the difference between the words "less" and "fewer", it seems slightly unreasonable to criticise someone posting in a foreign language for making the same mistake  . |
It's really my problem. I think that the battle to keep the distinction has long been lost.
And isn't it strange that there's only the one word for extra discrete and continuous things: more.