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Less or fewer?

People often dont know when to use less and when to use fewer in a sentence.
Heres how to get it right.
Use fewer if youre referring to people or things in the plural
(e.g. houses, newspapers, dogs, students, children). For example
People these days are !uying fewer newspapers.
Fewer students are opting to study science"related su!#ects.
Fewer than thirty children each year de$elop the disease.

Use less when youre referring to something that cant !e counted or doesnt ha$e
a plural (e.g. money, air, time, music, rain). For example
%ts a !etter #o! !ut they pay you less money.
People want to spend less time in traffic #ams.
%ronically, when %m on tour, % listen to less music.
Less is also used with num!ers when they are on their own and with expressions
of measurement or time, e.g.
His weight fell from &' stone to less than &(.
)heir marriage lasted less than two years.
Heath *+uare is less than four miles away from ,u!lin city centre

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