RE: What if there were less of these fucking tiring 'what if' threads?
October 14, 2017 at 9:43 pm
(October 14, 2017 at 9:23 pm)Hammy Wrote:(October 14, 2017 at 9:19 pm)Cyberman Wrote: I'd be horrified if there were less of any threads.
The word is 'fewer'.
I suck with that. Same with the whole who/whom thing.
(October 14, 2017 at 9:21 pm)Whateverist Wrote: But what if magic?? Then what? Would you want fewer/less magic?
Fewer magic but less magicka?
In this case, less magic. If the word you're qualifying is a countable noun, say bricks or threads, something to which a number could be attached, you use 'fewer'. Otherwise it's 'less'. So 'fewer magic wands', 'less magic'.
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