Not complaining, just you struck me as the sort of person who'd make the distinction, and I was surprised you hadn't.
Not sure what you mean by the other comparable case - I don't think I've *ever* seen someone use 'fewer' when they "should" use 'less'. (Scare quotes around "should" for a reason)
I remain friends with people who like the less/fewer distinction, so I don't see why liking the (erm) more/more distinction should make a difference...
Well yes. But my reasoning then continued that because</> it's difficult (actually, impossible) to swim an exact integer number of lengths, ewx was treating lengths as quanta for the purpose of the comment, hence 'fewer' would be technically more precise.
Damn, and I was expecting a chemical analysis of the water, the name of the architect of the building and a discourse on the political situation regarding the council swimming subsidy.
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Date: 2003-11-19 07:00 am (UTC)Not sure what you mean by the other comparable case - I don't think I've *ever* seen someone use 'fewer' when they "should" use 'less'. (Scare quotes around "should" for a reason)
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Date: 2003-11-19 06:53 am (UTC)Especially when the little dears are messing about by jumping in on top of people who are swimming lengths
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