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minus-squareHeartyBeast@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up5·8 months agoThe thing I find interesting is how the mixing of less and fewer, is broadly accepted, whereas nobody tends to use ‘much’ and ‘many’ interchangeably. I’m not quite sure why much/many is do conserved when fewer/less isn’t.
minus-squareCheradenine@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·8 months agoThat’s kinda easy though because much fewer people use less then many.
minus-squareMr_Blott@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·8 months agoLess then many? So to use that in a sentence “I have less many testicles than the average cat”
minus-squareAatube@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months agoI like to use “not much” instead of “not many” whenever I can.
minus-squareGoldELox@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agogonna start saying “not many” when people ask me “what’s up”
The thing I find interesting is how the mixing of less and fewer, is broadly accepted, whereas nobody tends to use ‘much’ and ‘many’ interchangeably.
I’m not quite sure why much/many is do conserved when fewer/less isn’t.
That’s kinda easy though because much fewer people use less then many.
Less then many?
So to use that in a sentence “I have less many testicles than the average cat”
*then
*now?
*than
*thon
I like to use “not much” instead of “not many” whenever I can.
gonna start saying “not many” when people ask me “what’s up”