A Nice example of Less and Few
rogersgeorge on December 16th, 2020
There was far less interrupting, angry cross-talk and fewer personal attacks than in the presidential debate.
https://www.npr.org/2020/10/08/921323806/4-takeaways-from-the-mike-pence-kamala-harris-vice-presidential-debate
From an NPR summary of the vice presidential debate.
- Note that “cross-talk,” the word that goes with “less” is singular.
- And the word that “fewer” refers to, “attacks,” is plural.
That’s how you do it, folks.
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