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[–] herrvogel@lemmy.world -5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Wow. It's rare to see someone incorrectly use fewer instead of less.

[–] TheOakTree@lemm.ee 6 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Isn't fewer the better choice in formal English because years is a countable plural noun?

[–] herrvogel@lemmy.world -2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

It's not. You can count years, but years are a unit of time and you can't count time. Same thing with kilos or meters or liters or a bunch of other things.

It's not a super strict rule that you can apply blindly anyway. Money is very much countable but it's "less".

[–] asdfasdfasdf@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

it's not

it is

years are a unit of time and you can't count time

wtf lmfao