FFS ... "Less" and "Fewer"

[LonghornSean 4,023]

While an entire thread on the football board is a bit much, this issue is a pet peeve of mine too. I also hear/see the incorrect use of "amount" versus "number" all the time, probably more often than hearing those used properly (it's the same issue of countable/uncountable).

 

But neither of those are nearly as bad as people who write "should of" instead of "should have" or "should've". They need to be sent back to elementary school.

Edited April 24, 2023 by LonghornSean

[wood 11,267]

4 minutes ago, LonghornSean said:

While an entire thread on the football board is a bit much, this issue is a pet peeve of mine too. I also hear/see the incorrect use of "amount" versus "number" all the time, probably more often than hearing those used properly (it's the same issue of countable/uncountable)

Muchas gracias for correctly saying 'versus', rather than 'verse', which is inexplicably being used more and more. Makes me murdery.

[Slacks 6,862]

I could care fewer.

[TrashMaster G 17,599]

3 hours ago, Blotto said:

 

As a Ranger fan, must reply with a better Bautista gif

[jimmyjazz 46,130]

15 minutes ago, Slacks said:

I could care fewer.

COULDN'T care fewer.

COULDN'T.

Have you learned nothing on this thread?

[Wulaw Horn 19,152]

5 hours ago, Lidig8r said:

First, congratulations on the proper usage of the words.

However, in order for that rather salubrious act to occur, the person depositing the sperm would have to go to Lake Arrowhead, find a way to accumulate the ashes of one human being, reanimate them into a human being, obtain my dear, sainted mother's consent and then make said deposit.

Consent?  I guess you don't know that we have plenty of Baylor people that read and lurk and post here. 

[Eugene11 379]

I dont come hear for no education.  less posts like thise.

[Bevo14 8,378]

Is grammer on the football board considered complimentary football?

[Lidig8r 1,874]

2 hours ago, Vertigo said:

Post fewer

 

5 hours ago, General Specific said:

Dyslexics untie!

This is why Satan gets a shit ton of Christmas cards every December.

[Hermanator 7,174]

Fucking shit eating lawyer going off about less and fewer and he can't even spell litigator correctly. Dumb fuck throwing an 8 in there and shit. 

[Davis Lane 5,617]

Do a pound of cotton weigh fewer then a pound of piss?

Or lesser?

Morer?

Farther?

[Bevo14 8,378]

43 minutes ago, Davis Lane said:

Do a pound of cotton weigh fewer then a pound of piss?

Or lesser?

Morer?

Farther?

Lesser is morer

[Sawbonz 27,588]

29 minutes ago, Bevo14 said:

Lesser is morer

[TrashMaster G 17,599]

2 hours ago, Eugene11 said:

I dont come hear for no education.  less posts like thise.

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[Sgt Hulk 13,839]

12 hours ago, conVINCEd said:

So your mother swallowed less cum yesterday because she sucked fewer dicks?

This is the hard hitting shit I come here for 

[Sgt Hulk 13,839]

[TreatyOak 16,422]

[markstanco 12,611]

(And why is this in the football thread? Why don't we have a grammar thread?)

*football forum

[Jebus 1,330]

what about queue vs cue vs the "so wrong it's not even the right language" que?

[Crapinon 2,269]

18 hours ago, Eugene11 said:

I dont come hear for no education.  less posts like thise.

 

[Armybrat 40,911]

22 minutes ago, Crapinon said:

 

In March 2014, head coach Urban Meyer described Jones as a "different guy" who was "making progress in the classroom."^[14] Later, Jones provided context for the tweet: 

I remember I was in class, and I think I got, like, a B on a [sociology] exam. It was just something so stupid; of course I didn't feel that way about academics, and I don't. Nobody in this program feels that way, we actually take that stuff very serious around here. It was just a dumbass thing to do. I definitely didn't think that would happen. It was just a stupid thing to do at that time. It was something where I just got pissed because I studied my ass off.

— Cardale Jones, December 2014.^[15]

Ultimately, on May 7, 2017, Jones graduated from Ohio State with a bachelor's degree in African-American Studies.^[16]

 

 

Edited April 25, 2023 by Armybrat

[BabaYaga 15,320]

On 4/24/2023 at 8:48 AM, Lidig8r said:

Sweet Blue Jumpin' Buddha on a unicycle with no seat!!

In the NCAA clock change thread, there were two consecutive posts where the use of the words "less" and "fewer" were butchered worse than an aggy at a Mensa Conference. So, let's review.  It is not that difficult.

"Fewer" is used when referring to items that can be counted individually, such as people, objects, or animals. It is used to indicate a smaller quantity or number of something. For example, "I have fewer apples than you" or "There are fewer people in the room than yesterday."

"Less," on the other hand, is used when referring to something that cannot be counted individually, such as a liquid or a concept. It is used to indicate a smaller amount or degree of something. For example, "I want less sugar in my coffee" or "There is less pollution in the air today."

A simple way to remember the difference is to think of "fewer" as referring to things you can count, and "less" as referring to things you cannot count.

We are not aggy. We are not the meth head addled people from aggy. We are not the inbred mouth breathers from Arkansas.

We are from By God, all that is right and holy TEXAS!

 

Message board grammar bothers you.....I bet you are fun texting.....

[BabaYaga 15,320]

Gawd dame thissus funney

[Lidig8r 1,874]

4 hours ago, BabaYaga said:

Message board grammar bothers you.....I bet you are fun texting.....

In fact, I have a 3rd grade drop out from the DISD dumbphone... in fact, the dumbest iPhone in the history of God.

So, I let all of my contacts know that when I talk text, I am NOT going to check for speling, grammar, wurd contextt.  It will be up to them to figure out what I was trying to text.

[NeverMarryAStripper 21,921]

*spelling

*word

*context

[Laga4 1,270]

Where the hell is Spider Ag.  He would straighten this shit out. 

 

[Kennythetiger 9,460]

1 hour ago, Lidig8r said:

In fact, I have a 3rd grade drop out from the DISD dumbphone... in fact, the dumbest iPhone in the history of God.

So, I let all of my contacts know that when I talk text, I am NOT going to check for speling, grammar, wurd contextt.  It will be up to them to figure out what I was trying to text.

My dad is in his mid 70s and loves texting. He won’t answer a call, but will text almost immediately. 
However, he exclusively uses only voice-to-text. If you read his messages out loud and quickly, you can usually figure out what he’s saying. 

[Your Mom 4,852]

Me and the OP are one in the same.  Bare with me here.  Usually these things don’t phase me.  Even though they should of used proper phraseology, I usually just give folks some lead way and assume they just didn’t have their expresso yet.  Irregardless, I’m glad you nipped it in the butt.  

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