LESS THAN is a proper mathematical term and has even had a symbol in written math over many eons. Numbers are amounts. This is just rubbish. 20 is less than 30, always was and always will be.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Paul Franklin Stregevsky [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 23 January 2003 03:20 > To: 'Pentax-Discuss' > Subject: Re: OT: Obnoxious Sonofabitch Copyeditor > > > Mike Johnston [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > LESS is an amount or volume word. FEWER is a number word. > > Mike is correct. In English, "less" modifies a "mass noun" > (like Jell-o); "fewer" modifies a "count noun". A word is a > count noun if it can be preceded by "a" or "an". > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >
