Illecors@lemmy.cafe to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-25 months agoPeople using 'less' when they should be using 'fewer'message-squaremessage-square136fedilinkarrow-up1168arrow-down123
arrow-up1145arrow-down1message-squarePeople using 'less' when they should be using 'fewer'Illecors@lemmy.cafe to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-25 months agomessage-square136fedilink
minus-squareEatATaco@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months ago however people use it, The way this is phrased, it sounds like you can’t be wrong. So I would just clarifying that if both the speaker and audience agree on the intent of the speaker, it’s correct.
minus-squarestoly@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoThere is the concept of an ideolect and you can very easily argue that something is correct as long as some native speaker thinks so…
The way this is phrased, it sounds like you can’t be wrong. So I would just clarifying that if both the speaker and audience agree on the intent of the speaker, it’s correct.
There is the concept of an ideolect and you can very easily argue that something is correct as long as some native speaker thinks so…