Grammer Lessons

[Randy99CL]

Don't get me started on "less" vs. "fewer."

Fewer is a — theoretically — defined quantity. "Fewer people out at this hour." Not "less people."

Less is a — theoretically — undefined quantity. "Less sand than the other beach." Not, obviously, "fewer sand."

Yep. The grammar and spelling mistakes are really noticeable to me. They disrupt the flow of ideas.

There is a commercial on TV here that says "less people" and drives me nuts.
I wonder if it's actually an IQ test??? I once read that the emails from the "nigerian bankers" purposely have grammatical errors to weed out those who are probably too intelligent to fall for the scam... It's only a theory, I doubt that they're that smart.