[OS X TeX] Re: find in texshop - wishlist

George Ghio ghiog at netconnect.com.au
Mon May 16 08:15:13 EDT 2005


Less
adj: (comparative of `little' usually used with mass nouns) a 
quantifier meaning not as great in amount or degree; "of less 
importance"; "less time to spend with the family"; "a shower uses less 
water"; "less than three years old"

Fewer
adj: (comparative of `few' used with count nouns) quantifier meaning a 
smaller number of; "fewer birds came this year"; "the birds are fewer 
this year"; "fewer trains were late"

Funny thing words.
On 16/05/2005, at 6:32 PM, Bruno Voisin wrote:

> Le 16 mai 05 à 10:15, Lawrence Paulson a écrit :
>
>> I'd like to second requests 1 and 4.
>>
>> On 16 May 2005, at 01:00, TeX on Mac OS X Mailing List wrote:
>>
>>> 4. Could we change "Less Options" to "Fewer Options"?
>
> Just out of curiosity: what's the difference between the two (apart 
> from, obviously, the wording)?
>
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