Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site utcsri.UUCP Path: utzoo!utcsri!gclark 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 Article-I.D.: utcsri.1588 Posted: Fri Nov 1 20:34:59 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 1-Nov-85 22:29:37 EST References: <1427@cae780.UUCP> <10600197@uiucdcs> <197@bnrmtv.UUCP> <1044@jhunix.UUCP> <185@opus.UUCP> Reply-To: gclark@utcsri.UUCP (Graeme Clark) Organization: CSRI, University of Toronto Lines: 6 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.