Grammar Dos and Donts

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Grammar Dos and Donts

• Less vs Fewer

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Pre-Test

• Complete the following sentences with either Less
  or Fewer
• Would you like __________ cookies?
• I think I would like ________ ice cream.
• Hopefully, my college classes will have _________
  students in them.
• She should wear ________ makeup.

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Less

• Less is used for non-countable nouns or an
  unidentified quantity
• I have less Sprite in my glass
• They play less music on this radio station.
• I have less money left over at the end of the
  week than last year.

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Fewer

• Fewer is used to describe a countable number,
  or an identified quantity of something
• I have fewer items in my basket than she does.
• There are fewer students in this class.
• Fewer students earned an A on the test.

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Now, you try

• Will we have to spend _________ this year on a
  vacation?
• The express lane should say 10 items or
  ______________.
• I want to have ____________ Bs on my report
  card, and more As.
• Can I have ___________ mashed potatoes on my
  plate?

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Now, you try

• Will we have to spend less this year on a
  vacation?
• The express lane should say 10 items or fewer.
• I want to have fewer Bs on my report card, and
  more As.
• Can I have less mashed potatoes on my plate?

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Post-Test

• Complete the following sentences with either Less
  or Fewer
• Would you like __________ cookies?
• I think I would like ________ ice cream.
• Hopefully, my college classes will have _________
  students in them.
• She should wear ________ makeup.