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Unsurprisingly, as they used to provide something quite similarI take my Bike Hod round Waitrose. They don't seem to have a problem.
Unsurprisingly, as they used to provide something quite similarI take my Bike Hod round Waitrose. They don't seem to have a problem.
An interesting illustration of how odd the 'rule' I endorse really is: no-one has any problem with 'more', whether we're talking honey or doctors, but going in the other direction, we must distinguish between 'less' and 'fewer' or we might as well go to Tescos. Daft really. And yet correct.But we need more doctors, not fewer
Called in the Lidl, on my way home earlierSadly, it's now closed, due to excessive competition from a nearby ASDA & Lidl
Fair enough, I'm not usually a grammar pedant. It's not an error as such, more a question of preferred usage (and I'm usually in favour of describing usage rather than imposing grammar rules)... as Pinker says: "In cases where "less" and "fewer" are both available, such as "Less/fewer than 20 of the students voted", "fewer" is the better choice because it enhances vividness and concreteness. But that does not mean that "less" is a grammatical error."
I had a similar conversation with The Boy last night. A voice on the radio said "less whatevers." "Fewer" I snapped. "Yes" said The Boy, "but did you understand perfectly the meaning he was trying to convey?" I stopped his pocket money as a punishment.Fair enough, I'm not usually a grammar pedant. It's not an error as such, more a question of preferred usage (and I'm usually in favour of describing usage rather than imposing grammar rules)... as Pinker says: "In cases where "less" and "fewer" are both available, such as "Less/fewer than 20 of the students voted", "fewer" is the better choice because it enhances vividness and concreteness. But that does not mean that "less" is a grammatical error."
I've thought about in but bailed out in the end .Would u take ur bike into a shop ( a big Tesco) ,I'm just home from one and there was a guy walking down the aisle pushing his bike , he had cycling shoes on so rather than leave it outside he walked inside pushing it with small basket in other hand
In my local Halfords the policy is bring it inside as chances are it will get nicked outsideOnly done it at Halfords, who perhaps unsurprisingly have no issues with it, and Homebase who were fine.