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TeapotInATempest

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28. Fewer and less

Reply to Igel (Reply #15)

Fri Aug 4, 2017, 03:03 PM

Aug 2017

I cannot tell you how it grates on me when people use "less" when they mean "fewer". Just as someone would never say "It needs fewer sugar", no one should say "there were less people there", for example.

I don't care if it makes me "elitist". Words have meaning, damn it!

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if immigrants have to, shouldn't those actually BORN here be required to speak English? [View all] niyad Aug 2017 OP

I have trouble understanding what people from southern and western states are saying most of the shraby Aug 2017 #1

Why? When most Americans can not speak proper English in the first place. Doreen Aug 2017 #2

But, in order for that to happen, we would have to actually teach English, and that would Stonepounder Aug 2017 #3

sadly, you are absolutely correct. niyad Aug 2017 #4

I find it amusing when I properly pronounce a word and Doreen Aug 2017 #5

it amuses me as well. as does someone incorrectly correcting my correct spelling. niyad Aug 2017 #6

I have a friend who pronounces the h in the word Thyme. Doreen Aug 2017 #7

does it grate on you like fingernails on chalkboards? niyad Aug 2017 #8

Yes Doreen Aug 2017 #9

Oh, wait, they do not know what a dictionary is.....sorry....me bad. Doreen Aug 2017 #10

you cosmopolitan elitist, you!! niyad Aug 2017 #11

Aww shucks. Doreen Aug 2017 #12

May I join this elitist cosmopolitan group? Pacifist Patriot Aug 2017 #13

Yes, you may. Doreen Aug 2017 #14

"Indeed, you may." niyad Aug 2017 #17

I'm bringing mimosas. Pacifist Patriot Aug 2017 #18

ahhh, bless you!! niyad Aug 2017 #20

Does she agree about words like "Christian?" Wounded Bear Aug 2017 #23

when an American English teacher corrected my English mum's pronunciation of ALUMINIUM Skittles Aug 2017 #25

When asked to write a story about where he went on vacation over the summer, appleannie1943 Aug 2017 #26

Is this teacher friends with DeVos? I have never heard or seen Pittsburgh being spelled Doreen Aug 2017 #27

All varieties of English are dialects. Igel Aug 2017 #15

Fewer and less TeapotInATempest Aug 2017 #28

If you can't speak English, you shouldn't be allowed to be born, PERIOD. L. Coyote Aug 2017 #16

Please state unequivocally where our "National Language" is defined by law... Wounded Bear Aug 2017 #19

I am not the one touting english only, or english first. but, if these yahoos are going to niyad Aug 2017 #22

Define your use of "required" DavidDvorkin Aug 2017 #21

K&R for, bwah-HAH!1 UTUSN Aug 2017 #24