Sep 29, 2023 · Is it "one thing less" or "one less thing"? My non-native gut tells me both are OK but is there a difference in meaning? Why is it "less"? "A thing" is countable; there can be two …

Dec 18, 2017 · I've always thought the "One less thing" line might be a reference to an early Apple marketing slogan or other historical Apple reference, implying that Forrest's reply had …

Jan 16, 2019 · One is always singular: there is one less food group in the new pyramid; there is one less number in this column. Two (or more) is plural: there are two fewer food groups in the …

What's the meaning of "one less thing" in the following sentence. That's one less thing you'll have to think about in launching a business. Thanks in advance.

Jul 24, 2021 · To have something on one's plate is an idiom meaning to have something to do, usually work of some sort, that is taking up their time. The person's mentor is implying that the …

Use of hyphenated compound adjectives often prevents ambiguity of meaning (here's a good example), but when there can only be one meaning, hyphens may be omitted. I usually …

Aug 13, 2010 · The association fewer/few/fewest is maybe one reason that less, though gaining on fewer for countables, still tends to be limited to measure/magnitude/size. It perhaps …

In this context, one player fewer is not idiomatic or grammatical. Fewer players [a comparative] is grammatical. "Fewer players [than some number] were needed at the last game". One player …

In the following sentence what would be the correct punctuation One more thing don't tell anyone about our conversation. Should "One more thing" be separated by comma, dash or colon? Or …

I think the Ngram can be explained by the fact that "fewer than one" has to be zero, while "less than one" can be fractional. Many of the hits in the Ngram are phrases like "less than one …