not_IOMar 13

that's it!

https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/39848762

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Show threadch00fMar 13

End users aren’t the customer.

Show threadGrimyMar 13
Yup, and there are a lot less bakers around now that machines do most of it.
Show threadSpaceNoodleMar 13
No, I think there are fewer bakers.
Show threadGrimyMar 13
Is this a grammer thing? I’m fairly certain I can use “a lot less”.
Show threadTheJesusaurusMar 13
It is a grammar thing. You can have a lot less of a non-count noun, like sand. But you have to have fewer of countable nouns, like loaves of bread, or bakers of bread
Show threadGrimy
Ahhh I see, thank you
Mar 13 at 8:59pmWeb
Show threadrainwallMar 14

They are wrong. This is a contested grammar rule that was based on one persons opinion in the late 1800s.

There are plently of examples where less and fewer are used interchangable.

Show threadteslekovaMar 14
Looks better though. I know it looks better because I grew up with the rule, but it does look better.
Show threadrainwallMar 14

Personally I disagree. “Fewer” is more verbose than “less,” so it just looks cumbersome to me.

It also irks me a bit, because I know of some of the instances I see are likley based on the above misunderstanding and not taste.