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submitted 5 days ago by Maven@lemmy.zip to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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[–] August27th@lemmy.ca 8 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Huh. I never realized that fewer was integer typed and less is float* typed until this comment.

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[–] TheRedSpade@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago (1 child)

Not exactly. I've usually heard it explained as "quantifiable" vs not. If you can attach a number, it's "fewer", otherwise it's "less".

e.g. less money, fewer dollars

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[–] SlurpingPus@lemmy.world 1 point 3 days ago

Countable nouns vs mass nouns.

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[–] smeenz@lemmy.nz 1 point 4 days ago

Correct !

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