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Ireland Team Talk/Gossip/Rumour Thread III
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Yeah_Right wrote: »It will be Colin Slade's turn to step up and be the hero next year after so many injuries and false dawns.
I believe he will get the call while on a spear-fishing trip in the north Atlantic the week of the final. They will send a chopper for him and the 10 tuna and 12 marlins that he has caught. These will be used to feed the ABs that week to prevent any repeats of the food poisoning that constantly plagues them.
Assuming we make the final
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That's one of those things I really don't care about. The meaning is exactly the same.
It isn't the same.
Less means - smaller in amount not in number, not so much of something or even of poorer quality or even = minus.
e.g. An amorphous serving of custard in a bowl could have less than you might like. You would never think "Hey, I've got fewer custard in my bowl than i want." If on the other hand, you were given 6 bowls of custard and I got 9 bowls you could say I got fewer bowls than Jaco.
Fewer means not as many. You could say "I got less beer in my glass than I should have." You would never say " I got fewer beer in my glass than I should have" unless of course you were wrong and had too much beer in which case - happy days.
Ulster for example had fewer players on the pitch than Saracens. They certainly didn't have less players unless you weighed them or were describing the quality of their ability - and you would also be wrong.:D 0 -
What does amorphous mean then?jacothelad wrote: »It isn't the same.
Less means - smaller in amount not in number, not so much of something or even of poorer quality or even = minus.
e.g. An amorphous serving of custard in a bowl could have less than you might like. You would never think "Hey, I've got fewer custard in my bowl than i want." If on the other hand, you were given 6 bowls of custard and I got 9 bowls you could say I got fewer bowls than Jaco.
Fewer means not as many. You could say "I got less beer in my glass than I should have." You would never say " I got fewer beer in my glass than I should have" unless of course you were wrong and had too much beer in which case - happy days. Ulster for example had fewer players on the pitch than Saracens. They certainly didn't have less players unless you weighed them or were describing the quality of their ability - and you would also be wrong.:D0 -
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jacothelad wrote: »It isn't the same.
Less means - smaller in amount not in number, not so much of something or even of poorer quality or even = minus.
e.g. An amorphous serving of custard in a bowl could have less than you might like. You would never think "Hey, I've got fewer custard in my bowl than i want." If on the other hand, you were given 6 bowls of custard and I got 9 bowls you could say I got fewer bowls than Jaco.
Fewer means not as many. You could say "I got less beer in my glass than I should have." You would never say " I got fewer beer in my glass than I should have" unless of course you were wrong and had too much beer in which case - happy days. Ulster for example had fewer players on the pitch than Saracens. They certainly didn't have less players unless you weighed them or were describing the quality of their ability - and you would also be wrong.:D
I understand that the difference is countable vs uncountable quantities. You are correct. I should have said previously that you understand what the person is trying to say regardless of which is used. I'm rather pedantic against people who are pedantic with grammar. Anyway this is wildly off topic0 -
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