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minus-squareummthatguy@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·4 months agoI just copied the dialogue as is. Far be it for Kira’s character to speak incorrectly.
minus-squaremosiacmango@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up7·edit-24 months agoNot a settled grammar rule. It was basically the preference of one prominent guy in 1770, and is not inherently correct in a historical sense.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·4 months agoI will always defer to the great scholar Weird Al, who once sagely said: You should know when It’s “less” or it’s “fewer” Like people who were Never raised in a sewer This is from his epic lyrical work, “Word Crimes.”
Fewer?
I just copied the dialogue as is. Far be it for Kira’s character to speak incorrectly.
Not a settled grammar rule.
It was basically the preference of one prominent guy in 1770, and is not inherently correct in a historical sense.
I will always defer to the great scholar Weird Al, who once sagely said:
This is from his epic lyrical work, “Word Crimes.”