[etni] [FWD: RE: new ETNI Poll]
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Subject: RE: new ETNI Poll]
From: "Julie Stroli" <julie@xxxxxxxxxx>
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811,000 votes for fewer hours
5,200,000 votes for less hours
Shabbath shalom,
Julie
Linda wrote:
> Excuse me, but shouldn't it be "fewer hours" and not "less hours"?
> (referring to the following sentence in the new ETNI poll)
> > a- Is it better to start earlier, less hours per year?
> *ETNI response - We are putting this point up to discussion.
> Here is what the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary says about the
> subject:
>
> 3 a : of reduced size, extent, or degree
> b : more limited in quantity <in less time>
> usage:
> The traditional view is that less applies to matters of degree,
> value, or amount and modifies collective nouns, mass nouns, or
> nouns denoting an abstract whole while fewer applies to matters
> of number and modifies plural nouns. Less has been used to modify
> plural nouns since the days of King Alfred and the usage, though
> roundly decried, appears to be increasing. Less is more likely than
> fewer to modify plural nouns when distances, sums of money, and
> a few fixed phrases are involved <less than 100 miles> <an investment
> of less than $2000> <in 25 words or less> and as likely as fewer to
> modify periods of time <in less (or fewer) than four hours>.
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