Comments on: Less vs. Fewer http://www.girldetective.net/?p=3101 Reading, Writing, Movies and Mothering in Minneapolis, Mostly Mon, 11 May 2026 21:17:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: girldetective http://www.girldetective.net/?p=3101&cpage=1#comment-17642 girldetective Tue, 23 Feb 2010 19:51:15 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=3101#comment-17642 Farther is for a measurable distance: his house is farther from the store than mine is. Further is for metaphorical use: she has come further in her recovery than anyone expected. And while grains are countable, a serving of rice isn't, so that holds. You're on your own with the math stuff. I just finished reading about Bertrand Russell trying to figure out concrete foundations for math and philosophy. I found it all rather silly. Farther is for a measurable distance: his house is farther from the store than mine is.

Further is for metaphorical use: she has come further in her recovery than anyone expected.

And while grains are countable, a serving of rice isn’t, so that holds.

You’re on your own with the math stuff. I just finished reading about Bertrand Russell trying to figure out concrete foundations for math and philosophy. I found it all rather silly.

]]> By: GrandPa http://www.girldetective.net/?p=3101&cpage=1#comment-17641 GrandPa Tue, 23 Feb 2010 04:25:09 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=3101#comment-17641 How about rice? Do you use fewer grains of rice to make less rice? Why in math is x less than y even when both x and y are countable? For an encore, how about further and farther? How about rice? Do you use fewer grains of rice to make less rice?

Why in math is x less than y even when both x and y are countable?

For an encore, how about further and farther?

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