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  • Deceptichum
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    111 year ago

    Yeah, no.

    That’s a bullshit ”rule” invented by a guy in 1770 based on how he felt it should be said. It’s top down prescriptive grammar that doesn’t reflect the language as spoken by it’s users.

    Descriptive grammar shows that we use less as both a mass and a count noun, and thus it’s perfectly acceptable to be used as such here.

    • @[email protected]
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      21 year ago

      Ok but
      every single linguistic rule is complete bullshit
      Nothing really stands out about that one in particular