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#3051. less + ʣ̾פϥᡩ [prescriptive_grammar][comparison][countability]

εʸˡǤϡ§Ȥơless + ʣ̾פǧʤȤȤˤʤäƤ롥less men, less things ϤФʹ뤬ѤǤꡤfewer men, fewer things ȸ٤Ǥ⤫롥
(no) less than Τ褦ʴŪʸ̮ǤϡĻ̾ʣ³ƤƤ뤳Ȥ롥Ȥ櫓֤ۤؤˤϡ٤⤤㤨СIt is less than seventy miles to London., It costs less than £50. ʤɤϡʤȤȤʲĻ̾Ūʡ˿ȤԲĻ̾Ūʡ̤Ȼפ뤬θ§ʤ⡤ˤϴѤ뤳ȤΤǤʤʸˡΥɥۥå򴶤ʤTimes 1991ǯ Indira Gandhi supported sterilisation in the belief that fewer children meant less poverty. Ȥ§äʸڤ뤬§ζˤߤȤơʤɤϤष̣ȴ롥
ƤΤ褦ʥɥۥåΤ뵬ʸˡιܤϡˤ̤äƤߤȤ⤷Ƥꡤless Ļ̾ʣȶϸűѸ줫ǧ롥Ϥꡤ18εʸˡ򲡤ơless + ʣ̾פ򤳤줬εŪˡ˿޺ĤƤȤäƴְ㤤ʤ
Fowler less ιˡŪ⤬롥ͭѤʤΤǡѤƤ

Historical note. The account given above . . . is an attempt to describe current attitudes towards the use of less and fewer. It should be borne in mind, however, that there is ample historical warrant for the type less roads, less people, etc. Such uses originate 'from the OE construction of lǽs adv. (quasi-sb.) with a partitive genitive' (OED). In OE, lǽs worda meant literally 'less of words'. When the genitive plural case vanished at the end of the OE period the type less words took its place, and this type has been employed ever since: e.g. there are few Vniuersities that haue lesse faultes than Oxford---Lyly, 1579. Hostility to the use emerged in the 18C., but 'folk memory' of the medieval type has ensured that there has been no break in the use of the type which I have branded as 'incorrect'. It is of interest to set down the way in which the problem of less and fewer is presented in CGEL, the standard descriptive grammar of current English (§5.24): . . . 'There is a tendency to use less (instead of fewer) and least (instead of fewest) also with count nouns: You've made less mistakes than last time. This usage is however often condemned. No less than is more generally accepted: No less than fifty people were killed in the accident.'


#624. ѸʸˡѲΰ ([2011-01-11-1]) ȡ#860. ѸѲѰۤΰ ([2011-09-04-1]) Ǥϡless + ʣ̾פѲ1ȤƵ󤲤ѲȤäƤ⡤嵭Τ褦˸ŤϢʤȤѤƤȤͤȡ٤ѰѲȤȤ館٤ɸʸˡΰؤȿĤĤ븽ݤȤ̣ˤѲȤߤƤ

Burchfield, Robert, ed. Fowler's Modern English Usage. Rev. 3rd ed. Oxford: OUP, 1998.

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