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[–] brown567@sh.itjust.works 20 points 10 months ago (8 children) *fewer beer XD permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] manxu@piefed.social 11 points 10 months ago (3 children) Akshully I think it's either "less beer" or "fewer beers" (plural). permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] brown567@sh.itjust.works 19 points 10 months ago (1 child) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] buttnugget@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago Now you two just had the same interaction as in the post lmao permalink fedilink source parent [–] Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago To build on this, this usage is called a non-count noun. Less beer, less water, less air, less sand, etc. all refer to non-countable quantities of some substance. Beer could be counted, if referred to by some metric (“one glass of beer,” “24 ounces of beer”), same as “a bottle of water,” “one tank of air,” “a truckload of sand.” Which is all to say that you’re right. “Less beer” makes far more sense than “fewer beer.” permalink fedilink source parent [–] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 5 points 10 months ago (3 children) Screw you! I drink what I want. (And can stop at any time) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] brown567@sh.itjust.works 3 points 10 months ago (1 child) Enjoy your bug light! =D permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 2 points 10 months ago Cheers! permalink fedilink source parent [–] MrShankles@reddthat.com 2 points 10 months ago Username checks out? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] manxu@piefed.social 11 points 10 months ago (3 children) Akshully I think it's either "less beer" or "fewer beers" (plural). permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] brown567@sh.itjust.works 19 points 10 months ago (1 child) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] buttnugget@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago Now you two just had the same interaction as in the post lmao permalink fedilink source parent [–] Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago To build on this, this usage is called a non-count noun. Less beer, less water, less air, less sand, etc. all refer to non-countable quantities of some substance. Beer could be counted, if referred to by some metric (“one glass of beer,” “24 ounces of beer”), same as “a bottle of water,” “one tank of air,” “a truckload of sand.” Which is all to say that you’re right. “Less beer” makes far more sense than “fewer beer.” permalink fedilink source parent
[–] brown567@sh.itjust.works 19 points 10 months ago (1 child) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] buttnugget@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago Now you two just had the same interaction as in the post lmao permalink fedilink source parent
[–] buttnugget@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago Now you two just had the same interaction as in the post lmao permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago To build on this, this usage is called a non-count noun. Less beer, less water, less air, less sand, etc. all refer to non-countable quantities of some substance. Beer could be counted, if referred to by some metric (“one glass of beer,” “24 ounces of beer”), same as “a bottle of water,” “one tank of air,” “a truckload of sand.” Which is all to say that you’re right. “Less beer” makes far more sense than “fewer beer.” permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 5 points 10 months ago (3 children) Screw you! I drink what I want. (And can stop at any time) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] brown567@sh.itjust.works 3 points 10 months ago (1 child) Enjoy your bug light! =D permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 2 points 10 months ago Cheers! permalink fedilink source parent [–] MrShankles@reddthat.com 2 points 10 months ago Username checks out? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] brown567@sh.itjust.works 3 points 10 months ago (1 child) Enjoy your bug light! =D permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 2 points 10 months ago Cheers! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MrShankles@reddthat.com 2 points 10 months ago Username checks out? permalink fedilink source parent