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From: gclark@utcsri.UUCP (Graeme Clark)
Newsgroups: net.misc
Subject: Re: Is English decaying rapidly?
Message-ID: <1588@utcsri.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 1-Nov-85 20:34:59 EST
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Posted: Fri Nov  1 20:34:59 1985
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Reply-To: gclark@utcsri.UUCP (Graeme Clark)
Organization: CSRI, University of Toronto
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Summary: 

>The difference between "less" and "fewer" is that "less" refers to a
>measure of a continuous quantity while "fewer" refers to a smaller number
>of discrete objects.
 
Can you find a dictionary that agrees with you on this restriction on the
use of "less"?  Mine doesn't.