ita, I've been fighting a rear-guard action with respect to the 'less/fewer' distinction in American English for the past half dozen years. It's dying a pretty ugly death.
Anya: We should drop a piano on her. It always works for that creepy cartoon rabbit when he's running from that nice man with the speech impediment. Giles: Yes, or perhaps we could paint a convincing fake tunnel on the side of a mountain.
'Touched'
Spike's Bitches 30: Going on Thirteen
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risque (and frisque), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Karl - May 10, 2006 9:04:20 pm PDT #3846 of 10002
I adore all you motherfuckers so much -- PMM.
§ ita § - May 10, 2006 9:06:27 pm PDT #3847 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Don't give up, Karl. Let us rage against it.
Pix - May 10, 2006 9:09:58 pm PDT #3848 of 10002
The status is NOT quo.
Yes, it should be "fewer".
Karl - May 10, 2006 9:16:52 pm PDT #3849 of 10002
I adore all you motherfuckers so much -- PMM.
By Crom, I shall not yield! So speaks Conan the Grammarian!
billytea - May 10, 2006 9:40:37 pm PDT #3850 of 10002
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Yes, it should be "fewer".
Rhymes with sewer!.
vw bug - May 11, 2006 2:56:37 am PDT #3851 of 10002
Mostly lurking...
Busy, busy day ahead! Must get moving. Want to just sit on couch. Still have yicky allergies. Gonna take a few days for the meds to catch back up. It is better than yesterday, though.
Ginger - May 11, 2006 2:57:30 am PDT #3852 of 10002
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Isn't it fewer than two X chromosomes?
Bless you, my child. I will fight the good fight with ita and Karl.
It's a pet peeve. It's so much of a pet peeve that I've bought it a collar and some chew toys.
Fay - May 11, 2006 3:04:11 am PDT #3853 of 10002
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
It's a pet peeve. It's so much of a pet peeve that I've bought it a collar and some chew toys.
blinks
Good lord. Really, the image that sprang to mind just then...for the love of Pete, don't tell Jeeves. I blush and boggle at the memory.
BAD imagination. No biscuit.
DCJensen - May 11, 2006 3:44:11 am PDT #3854 of 10002
All is well that ends in pizza.
I blame the Mathematicians.
vw bug - May 11, 2006 3:44:41 am PDT #3855 of 10002
Mostly lurking...
I blame the Mathematicians.
I'm telling Emily!