A simple sentence to remember the usage of "less" and "fewer." Remember, "less" refers to a sized quantity and "fewer" refers to a numbered quantity. Here is the sentence:
There are fewer horses and less manure.
If you can't remember it, trying saying "there are less horses and fewer manure." That phrase elicits a big ouch from the Galloping Grammarian...We put the you in usage.
One of my pet peeves, right up there with "centered around" and "a number of" (as if that's helpful). Less peeves, please. I mean fewer.
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