I don’t nitpick when individual people make this error. But Facebook?!?
“fewer”
(Which is also my answer)
@shawnp0wers I think I get it! Please don't nitpick on every error I make, they are likely far more than I know, but I don't mind to be corrected often so I maybe improve slightly.
@shawnp0wers Thanks. In this example - if you change "posts" to "content" - would "less" be correct then?
@hehemrin Honestly, you understand it better than… 75% of Americans. (Really!)
If you are clear on then/than — you could basically teach grammar classes, lol!
@shawnp0wers Hehe, I have so many grammatical errors, but thanks. You are far better than me in English grammar. Then we take an ice cream. ???
@shawnp0wers (Hmm ..."in" English grammar might be incorrect, maybe "at". Grammar is so difficult.)
@hehemrin hmmm… in/at both sound correct to me. :)
@hehemrin We would “get” an ice cream, unless we were evil and taking an ice cream cone from someone. ;)
But then/than? Perfect!!!
@shawnp0wers Understood. Esp I should not take it from a child. :-) Thanks, my teacher!
@hehemrin I just saw this and it made me think of you after our exchange earlier!
@shawnp0wers Haha! Alive? How many penguins were needed?
@hehemrin Yet… we would “take” an ice cream break… English is messy, inconsistent, and half of our words are stolen from other languages. LOL!
@hehemrin My non-native English-speaking friend, you TOTALLY get a pass on such nuance. Even native speakers mess this one up all the time.
“Less” refers to a measurable amount, “fewer” refers to a smaller quantity of individual items.
So, “less water”, and, “fewer glasses of water” — it’s really subtle, but something Facebook should have caught. :)