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Posted By: Faldage Less v. Fewer - 11/12/01 03:31 PM
Do any who object to the misuse of less as in Express Lane; 7 Items or Less also object to more's having to do double duty?

Posted By: Keiva Re: Less v. Fewer - 11/12/01 04:59 PM
Item #5 on the FAQ tab: "I want to see more (or less) posts per page."

Posted By: TEd Remington Re: Less v. Fewer - 11/12/01 06:04 PM
I don't object to the former.

Les

Posted By: Keiva Re: Less v. Fewer - 11/13/01 12:08 AM
Epitaph:
Here lies what's left
Of Leslie Moore.
No Les, no more.


and reverting back to Faldage's original question, yes, I would avoid that double-duty for the word "more" if there were an alternate word. It would seem to me that in this computer age, it would be natural to distinguish terminologically the analog from the digital.
Posted By: WhitmanO'Neill Re: No less an epitaph - 11/13/01 02:12 AM
I came to enter an epitaph
Just to get me a cheap, cheap laugh!
Alas! I was trumped by a hand on the board!
Hesitation a lesson drummed home all the mored!




Posted By: tsuwm Re: Less v. Fewer - 11/13/01 03:30 AM
Less is more.
- Mies van der Rohe

Posted By: Keiva Re: No less an epitaph - 11/13/01 05:31 AM
Ah wit, purveyor of fine taste,
You surely must possess a tates.
I did not wish to leave you crossed,
But he who has a tates is lost.

Posted By: RhubarbCommando Re: No less an epitaph - 11/13/01 02:41 PM
Rich are they able to choose,
Selecting this, but that, refuse;
Is it that the rich are chewers
At times, at others, re-fewers?

Posted By: WhitmanO'Neill Re: No less an epitaph - 11/13/01 11:59 PM
'Tis nothing new to lose the race,
The early poster gets the space!
My legend for lateness merits the razz,
I has a many a tates, I has!


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