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)
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.
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...
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 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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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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