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Old 05-12-2010, 04:59 AM   #16
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Originally Posted by pdurrant View Post
It's an oddity in English that although there are distinct words for describing smaller amounts of discrete (fewer) and continuous (less) things, there's only one word for describing greater amounts (more).
So "less water" but "fewer items"?
Thanks. Learned something new today to make my english more good!
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