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prashant.bacchewar
 Post subject: fewer than
 Post Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2011 6:17 am 
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What is difference between fewer than and less than?
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tim
 Post subject: Re: fewer than
 Post Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2011 11:52 pm 
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Briefly, ”fewer than” is used when the items are countable (eg. hats, number of airplane flight delays), and ”less than” is used when the items are not countable, which usually means they must be measured with a measuring device such as a beaker or clock (eg. water, cumulative time of flight delay)..

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