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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Less is fewer? #43443 10/07/2001 3:43 AM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,146 Northamptonshire, England Capital Kiwi Carpal Tunnel Capital Kiwi Carpal Tunnel Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,146 Northamptonshire, England Less - indefinable (bulk) amount Fewer - amount associated with plural nouns e.g. I have less hair than I had yesterday because I'm going bald. I have fewer hairs than I had yesterday because I'm going bald. Hmmm? Jackie, you have something that will fix baldness? The idiot also known as Capfka ... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted You OK, Bingley? maverick 10/01/2001 3:58 PM Re: You OK, Bingley? consuelo 10/01/2001 9:56 PM Re: You OK, Bingley? Bingley 10/02/2001 2:29 AM Re: You OK, Bingley? wordcrazy 10/02/2001 1:29 PM Re: Advice jmh 10/02/2001 1:51 PM Re: You OK, Bingley? Bingley 10/02/2001 2:01 PM Re: You OK, Bingley? wow 10/02/2001 2:42 PM Re: You OK, Bingley? belMarduk 10/06/2001 3:14 AM Re: You OK, Bingley? Bingley 10/05/2001 6:30 AM Re: You OK, Bingley? Capital Kiwi 10/05/2001 8:48 PM Re: You OK, Bingley? Jackie 10/05/2001 9:30 PM another road thrice traveled tsuwm 10/06/2001 12:21 AM Re: another road thrice traveled Jackie 10/06/2001 2:10 AM Re: another road thrice traveled belMarduk 10/06/2001 3:09 AM another road thrice traveled of troy 10/06/2001 3:54 AM Keeping MY Pecker Up! Capital Kiwi 10/06/2001 6:15 AM Re: Keeping it Up! Keiva 10/06/2001 11:32 AM Grr, CK! ;-) Jackie 10/06/2001 11:33 AM Re: Grr, CK! ;-) Capital Kiwi 10/06/2001 12:20 PM Wood pecker musick 10/06/2001 2:02 PM Re: lesser Wood pecker Keiva 10/06/2001 3:38 PM Ambiguous Wood musick 10/06/2001 4:40 PM Re: non-lesser (Wood)pecker Keiva 10/06/2001 7:30 PM The cede's of a clown musick 10/06/2001 9:56 PM Max Quordlepleen 10/06/2001 7:39 PM Re: Grr, CK! ;-) Jackie 10/07/2001 2:45 AM Less is fewer? Capital Kiwi 10/07/2001 3:43 AM Re: Minoxidol 10% consuelo 10/07/2001 3:51 AM Re: Less is fewer? Jackie 10/07/2001 4:08 AM Re: Grr, CK! ;-) jimthedog 10/12/2001 11:50 PM Re: Grr, CK! ;-) Bobyoungbalt 10/13/2001 1:36 AM Re: Grr, CK! ;-) jimthedog 10/13/2001 9:45 AM Re: Latest report from the Big Durian Bingley 10/16/2001 4:36 AM Re: Latest report from the Big Durian consuelo 10/16/2001 8:47 AM Where am I? Fiberbabe 10/06/2001 1:12 PM Re: another road thrice traveled Bingley 10/06/2001 1:16 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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