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fandom_grammar post

May. 19th, 2008 at 10:47 AM

My turn again at

fandom_grammar and this time I respond to the usage differences between fewer and less.

I had forgotten that I'd signed up for this question, but knew I'd signed up for a question (and figured it was probably a question on punctuation since I kind of love punctuation), so I wasn't excited about this question when I started. But then I realized how awesome the usage subtleties between these words are and I got stupidly excited about it. It's possible that I'm a bit of a nerd.

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mustanginblue.livejournal.com wrote:

May. 19th, 2008 03:11 pm (UTC)

'A bit' of a nerd? hehehe

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theemdash wrote:

May. 19th, 2008 03:19 pm (UTC)

Yes. I have a confession: I like punctuation and grammar. I bet you never guessed. I do hope you're not disappointed. ;)

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mustanginblue.livejournal.com wrote:

May. 19th, 2008 04:28 pm (UTC)

Well...not terribly disappointed, no. Somewon neds, to corekt al: r misstaks!

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theemdash wrote:

May. 21st, 2008 01:59 pm (UTC)

You made me cringe and laugh.

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katiefoolery.livejournal.com wrote:

May. 19th, 2008 09:26 pm (UTC)

I was like that with mine, too. Just when I'd thought I'd covered all the definitions and uses, another one would pop up. It was fantastic to really get to know my subject, too - the why of it, rather than just how to use it properly.

Also: punctuation rocks.

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theemdash wrote:

May. 19th, 2008 09:30 pm (UTC)

And that's what I like about

fandom_grammar, that we do more than tell the right way to do something.

Punctuation does rock. I love me.

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sopdetly.livejournal.com wrote:

May. 19th, 2008 11:56 pm (UTC)

OMG.

So, my dad is a huge word nerd, and since I was wee I have heard his complaints on the laziness of English speakers. This exact thing is one of his big crusades. (I think it comes in second only to nauseous vs. nauseated.)

So. Er. ILU? Wait, no questioning there. ILU. Period. XD

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