Wednesday, January 20, 2010

10 Items or FEWER...



Someone at Trader Joe's had the good sense to correct their sign. Bravo.

"Less vs. Fewer" is one of the few grammatical pet peeves I have. You want to end your sentence in a preposition? Go right ahead (although that's not technically a rule).  You like to dangle your participle? ... Knock yourself out!  Don't know the difference between "Affect" and "Effect" - and you're too lazy to Google it?  Me too!!

But the confusion between "Less" and "Fewer" makes me crazy.  This is a pet peeve I inherited from my Mom ... so blame Mama Bunny if you don't like it.

It's all about "Count Nouns vs. Mass Nouns".  LEARN IT.