no fewer

no fewer
• neméně

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  • fewer — fewer, less As a general guide, fewer is used with plural nouns (fewer books, fewer people) and indicates number, whereas less is used with singular nouns and indicates amount (less money / less happiness). However, there is an extensive no man s …   Modern English usage

  • fewer / less —    Fewer should be used when talking about things that can be counted: Lureen has fewer ideas than you; also a few keys, few clouds, few values, few diseases.    Less is used when talking about things that can t be counted: Lureen shows less… …   Confused words

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  • fewer — *less, lesser, smaller …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • fewer, less —     In the first four months of the year Rome s tourists were 700,000 less than in the corresponding period last year (Guardian). Probably no other pair of words causes more problems, and with less justification, than less and fewer. The… …   Dictionary of troublesome word

  • fewer vs less —   Everyone gets this wrong including native speakers. The general rule is to use fewer for things you can count (individually), and less for things you can only measure   For example:   There were fewer people in the class than usual. (People can …   English dictionary of common mistakes and confusing words

  • fewer vs less —   Everyone gets this wrong including native speakers. The general rule is to use fewer for things you can count (individually), and less for things you can only measure   For example:   There were fewer people in the class than usual. (People can …   English dictionary of common mistakes and confusing words

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  • Fewer/less — In traditional prescriptive grammar less is the comparative used when speaking of a continuous quantity that is not numerically quantifiable (that is, with mass nouns). Fewer , on the other hand, is used of discrete quantity and numerically… …   Wikipedia

  • fewer, less — Both of these words imply a comparison with something larger in number or amount. Fewer is preferred when number is involved (fewer houses on this street, fewer fish in the stream). Less is used in several ways: it is applied to material in bulk… …   Dictionary of problem words and expressions

  • fewer — adjective (comparative of few used with count nouns) quantifier meaning a smaller number of (Freq. 11) fewer birds came this year the birds are fewer this year fewer trains were late • Ant: ↑more • Similar to: ↑l …   Useful english dictionary

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