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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  . |
The less/fewer distinction is not a grammatical rule but merely a preference expressed by one grammarian at odds with many prior writers, one of who was a king. The "rule" is wrong.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fewer_vs._less