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  • CompostMaterial@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    If you are going to spend the money for a billboard, at least get the grammar correct. “Fewer cops.”

    • Deceptichum@kbin.social
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      1 year ago

      Yeah, no.

      That’s a bullshit ”rule” invented by a guy in 1770 based on how he felt it should be said. It’s top down prescriptive grammar that doesn’t reflect the language as spoken by it’s users.

      Descriptive grammar shows that we use less as both a mass and a count noun, and thus it’s perfectly acceptable to be used as such here.

    • jopepa@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      I think it’s trying to reach an audience, ‘fewer’ sounds like the kind $5 word a cop might write a ticket for.