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>One side claims that modern usage for "less" and "fewer" is to consider
>them interchangeable in most cases.
They are certainly not interchangable in contemporary usage. No one says,
"use fewer salt." The question is, is "less" an acceptable substitute for
"fewer". The reverse is clearly not the case.
Language does grow and change, but our best policy is to do that which will
distract the fewest readers. Since no one is distracted by the traditional
use of "fewer", and many people are distrcted by the contemporary habit of
substituting "less", the nod should go to traditional usage of this one.
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Mark Baker
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