Q. Who started the pedants' revolt?

A. Which Tyler

On 2 June 2014 22:26, Bob W-PDML <[email protected]> wrote:
> Control yourself, Chris. There's no room on the internet for pedantry.
>
> B
>
>> On 2 Jun 2014, at 21:45, "Chris Mitchell" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> Tautological and grammatically wrong (to be precise (and possibly pedantic)).
>> Chris
>>
>>> On 2 June 2014 17:59, Igor Roshchin <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> It has been discussed many times in many venues that the correct usage is
>>> "10 items or FEWER" vs "10 items or less" (and apparently there is no 
>>> complete consensus, even though I am on the "fewer" side in this case).
>>>
>>> But in this case, the situation is worse:
>>> "UP TO .. or LESS"...
>>>
>>> http://42graphy.org/snapshots/IMG_20140523_212839_018-scr.jpg
>>> "Some people are not paid to think."
>>>
>>> (Seen in Victoria's [BC] Save-On-Foods.)
>>>
>>> Igor
>>>
>>>
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