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Richard Kettlewell ([personal profile] ewx) wrote2003-11-19 02:43 pm

[identity profile] beckyc.livejournal.com 2003-11-19 06:53 am (UTC)(link)
Now I *did* spot this myself, but didn't say anything since it is in fact perfectly possible to swim half a length or .25 of a length or...

Especially when the little dears are messing about by jumping in on top of people who are swimming lengths

[identity profile] songster.livejournal.com 2003-11-19 07:03 am (UTC)(link)
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.