Less soup...

[Rufus]

... fewer peas. There is a difference!!!

[zac510]

Only if it's a pea soup?

[soad]

http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=367120365296...

[Rufus]

soad said:

http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=367120365296...

Sod off, you know what I meant!

[Arese]

What are you talking about?

[ewenm]

Rufus said:

... fewer peas. There is a difference!!!

Indeed and yet even on the bastion of proper English that is the BBC News, they frequently get it wrong.

My rule of thumb is: "Fewer" if it is something you count, "Less" if it is something you measure.

[Matt Evans]

Arese said:

What are you talking about?

I think he's having a stab at the grammatical errors made by the general population. I may be wrong.

[Arese]

Matt Evans said:

Arese said:

What are you talking about?

I think he's having a stab at the grammatical errors made by the general population. I may be wrong.

I think there are less of them now than there used to be.

[Don]

"Five items or less"


Grrr.

[Arese]

So if it's less soup and fewer peas, would the opposite be more soup and an-increased-number-of peas?