different between fewer vs fewest
fewer
English
Etymology
few +? -er
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?fju??/
Determiner
fewer (superlative fewest)
- comparative degree of few; a smaller number.
- Fewer women wear hats these days.
- There are fewer tigers than there were a hundred years ago.
Usage notes
Some[*] regard the use of the determiner less with countable quantities to be incorrect, stating that less should indicate only a reduction in uncountable quantity, or in size or significance, leaving fewer to indicate a smaller numerical quantity. For example, they suggest saying less sugar, but fewer people, not less people. Such a rule can allow distinctions such as:
- Their troubles are fewer than ours, meaning "Their troubles are not so numerous as ours."
- Their troubles are less than ours, meaning "Their troubles are not so great as ours."
Nevertheless, less has been widely understood and commonly used as a synonym for fewer since it first appeared in Old English as læs.
Translations
See also
- less
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fewest
English
Pronunciation
Determiner
fewest
- superlative degree of few; the smallest number.
- On Sundays, the fewest cars use this street.
Usage notes
- Fewest is used with plural nouns only. With uncountable nouns, use least. For more information, see fewer.
Antonyms
- most
Related terms
- few
- fewer
Middle English
Determiner
fewest
- superlative degree of fewe
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