You may have fewer ingredients but less salt. Or, people are buying fewer newspapers because they have less money. However, according to usage rules, 'fewer' is used when using countable things and 'less' is used for singular mass nouns
No. With things that may be counted we use "fewer."
It is generally not recommended to use different verb tenses in the same sentence as it can make the sentence confusing and less clear. It's best to stick to one consistent tense for better communication.
You would say "less land" because "land" is an uncountable noun, and we typically use "less" with uncountable nouns.
Yeah, of course! Here's an example: There are fewer students here today than yesterday's assembly. Or: After the war, the South was left with even fewer materials than they started with. Also: Fewer kids came to Sarah's party than to Flora's party. Hope this helped!
Yes, you can use an adjective and adverb in the same sentence. For example: "She quickly ran to the bus stop." In this sentence, "quickly" is the adverb describing how she ran, and "bus stop" is the adjective describing the type of stop.
The fewer people that know, the better. There were fewer children at camp.
For a countable noun use fewer, for uncountable nouns use less.
The theory is that you use fewer for countable things and less for uncountable things. For example fewer coins but less money; fewer teeth but less hair; fewer bananas but less fruit; fewer hats but less clothing. [You may have 6 coins, 25 teeth, 12 bananas and 7 hats but the other things don't go with numbers.)I have FEWER cats than dogs.I have FEWER pencils than pensThere are FEWER buildings in the country than in the city.Hope this helps:)
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No. With things that may be counted we use "fewer."
Yes, like "I have less money than you."
It is generally not recommended to use different verb tenses in the same sentence as it can make the sentence confusing and less clear. It's best to stick to one consistent tense for better communication.
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You would say "less land" because "land" is an uncountable noun, and we typically use "less" with uncountable nouns.
A sentence using anything less:You can take anything less than five.
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it is called a inequality