'less cookies' or 'fewer cookies' ?

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wotcha

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1. I should eat less cookies

2. I should eat fewer cookies.


Which is correct?
 

SoothingDave

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Fewer. If you can count them, use "fewer." If it is uncountable, use "less."
 

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Could you say, "I should eat cookies less"?
 

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Yes. As in "less often."
 
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