Monday, October 19, 2009

On the importance of usage

A little perspective on the relative importance of proper usage, from overheardinnewyork.com:

Speaking of Cold...

Guy: I have to say, one nice thing about living here is that the winters are so cold that a lot of the homeless people freeze to death. So, you know, there's a lot less of them.
Girl: Dude, it's "fewer". Not "less".

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