'Fewer' Or 'Less?' The Express Lane Language Debate : NPR - http://www.npr.org/2014...
Dec 7, 2014
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"You're ready to check out at the supermarket. There are only eight items in your cart, so you look for the express lane.
The sign above says "10 items or less."
Do you:
— Head for the register without a second thought?
— Rue the decline of the English language because you were taught that the sign should say "10 items or fewer?""
- Maitani
"This week's "Word Matters" conversation with Weekend Edition host Scott Simon explores the "less vs. fewer" debate."
- Maitani
Rue.
- bentley
^LOL
- Eivind
Both of the above choices.
- m9m, Crone of FriendFeed
I'd do either, but mentally congratulate the store that uses "fewer."
- walt crawford
Often times, the express lane takes longer... typical human conundrum.
- Adriano