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Both “fewer” and “less” mean “to a lower degree”, so what’s the difference between the two?
Well, the word “less” normally refers to uncountable nouns, whereas “fewer” agrees with countable nouns.
Look at the following examples:
“Nowadays there is considerable less vegetation than there was in 1990.” – (“vegetation” is an uncountable noun, so we use the word “less”)
“Nowadays there are considerable fewer trees than there were in 1990.” – (“tree” is a countable noun, so we use the word “fewer” instead.)
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