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Old 21-Sep-2006, 10:07
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Default Re: different Englishes.

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Originally Posted by riverkid View Post
That's because the use of less with countables isn't incorrect, Tdol.
What I meant was that the OED, who are generally a fairly conservative lot, don't regard it as an error.
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