People who are careful about their grammar take extra care with “less” and “fewer.” Most of the time, the results are good. “Ben has fewer worries this year” sounds better than “Ben has less worries ...

Avid Game of Thrones fans may remember Stannis Baratheon’s commitment to correcting the word less to fewer. The habit no doubt warmed the heart of every fussy grammarian watching the show—and maybe ...

Sign up for the daily CJR newsletter. More and more, fewer people use “less” and “fewer” the way the language gods intended. “There are less people here ...

Have you ever seen that sign at the grocery store counter that reads “ten items or less” and sputtered, “It should say ‘ten items or fewer!’” and had your monocle fall off in a spasm of ...

The words fewer and less both suggest a smaller amount, but they are used differently depending on what you are counting. A simple rule helps: if you can add numbers to it, use fewer; if you measure ...