Less vs Fewer in English [Advanced English Grammar]

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Fine-tune your advanced English grammar skills by understanding how to correctly use less vs. fewer in English - two commonly confused words.
I often hear my students struggle with less and fewer in English conversation. These two words have a similar meaning (they both mean the opposite of ‘more’) but they are used in different circumstances.
In this Confident English lesson, you’ll learn:
- a general rule of thumb* to follow when deciding whether to use less or fewer
- 4 important exceptions with examples
- tips for how to practice and remember this grammar rule
My goal is to help you learn English grammar in a way that is easy to remember and becomes automatic. No more stress or worry about making mistakes.
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@anaraketic3686 3 жыл бұрын

Dear Annemarie I must say this. It is pure joy for me listening your lessons. This one is no excetion either. Every sentence you say, every word you use it's carefully chosen and I truly enjoy hearing them. Even when you are giving us explanation of grammar parts as this one you always give that special touch, trying and succeeding in saying what you want so clearly and beautifuly that it is music to my ears..( as we in Serbia would say😊💖). Thank you for all your effort and enthusiasm.💖

@kheirachouib3691 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@leilaaraujo164 3 жыл бұрын

Your contents are always useful. I am studying the Advanced level of English here, in Spain, and your tips are essential. Thank you very much for doing it very professionally.

@Speakconfidentenglish 3 жыл бұрын

You're very welcome! I'm glad my lessons are helpful to you!

@ManishSharma-sk2zh 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Annamaria, Sincerely appreciate your efforts. Thank you.

@milonacarmichael6534 3 жыл бұрын

Great video, as always!

@abraida 3 жыл бұрын

This was an area of confusing to me previously. Now I can say it's all cleared out. Thanks.

@Speakconfidentenglish 3 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@helenzhang2984 3 жыл бұрын

I learn from every lesson from you. This lesson clears the grammer areas that were vague to me. It will definitely help me make fewer mistakes. It will take five minites less to take this route than the other. She weighted less than 5 pounds from last month since she took the new diet regimen. Buying this item online will cost thirty dollars less than buying from store.

@analiruena5397 3 жыл бұрын

Annamarie, thank you for your all the tips and your efforts to teach us English. Regards

@Speakconfidentenglish 3 жыл бұрын

You are so welcome!

@2mmm.e934 3 жыл бұрын

NOT..... ONLY...... USEFUL.... BUT ......ALSO ..... GRRRRRREEEEEAAAAAT❤👍👍

@jessicalealdemattos4142 2 жыл бұрын

Annemarie, thank you so much for your classes! I love them so much because they are clear and focused on the theme! Ilove learn with you!

@Speakconfidentenglish 2 жыл бұрын

You're very welcome! I'm thrilled you enjoy my classes, and I wish you much continued success on your English journey! 😀

@lucianodomingues2290 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome video teacher!

@bhoginisangyasinghbasnet9780 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much.

@drnidhigoswami2986 3 жыл бұрын

I have been living in the UK for less that a year. It is less traffic on our route at before 8am. The dish was excellent as it was less sweet. The more I practice, fewer will be the mistakes I make.

@reneeshfrancis3502 3 жыл бұрын

Hi I am from India, I have been following you since last one year, I find your lessons are most helpful to me

@pankajsarang1292 3 жыл бұрын

Fantastic.

@oliveiramello1100 3 жыл бұрын

Anne, it is always a pleasure to watch your videos and I learned so much. You are very kind. Tks, Take care.

@josephwar3943 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Teacher Anne Excellent tips

@suhasisters4186 3 жыл бұрын

💜Hi mam I'm Pragnya Suhasini from India💐 and I am a big fan of you and the way you teach is absolutely amazing Mam💕 thank you so much for this amazing video it helped me a lot🎀

@mustaphajrnaij6891 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you. It was helpful

@francescobottiglieri4530 3 жыл бұрын

Dear Anne Marie, thank you for such helpful lesson. Actually I was always between "less" and "fewer", wondering which one to use but now it looks much clearer to me. I would say that after this lesson my doubts are fewer and just related to how to be able to deal with the exceptions you mentioned. Thank you so much. Francesco

@mariamkinen8036 3 жыл бұрын

Lesser of the two evils. Less for uncountable, fewer for countable nouns

@odurodorcas6438 3 жыл бұрын

Fantastic work keep it up

@alirezai7160 3 жыл бұрын

After 7 years living in the USA I just realized that I'm using these words incorrectly 🤣🤣 Thanks

@melodykeivanshokouh3494 3 жыл бұрын

Hi, in one ur videos u suggested an online dictionary,i cant find that video now, would u plz tell me what was it?! Thanks alot

@wilnikchmarak9979 3 жыл бұрын

Hi teacher fantastic English pronunciation lessons thank you so much.❤ 👌👌👌👍👍👍

@jula5417 3 жыл бұрын

Why do you call her "teacher"?

@iolanda04 3 жыл бұрын

@@jula5417 cause she's a teacher:))🤦‍♀️

@arpitmittal9587 2 жыл бұрын

Hey! Teacher❤️..thankyou so much for this wonderful session .. What I concluded from the session is .. we can use both "few" and "less" with the noun "people" 🤔depending upon the context. Correct me if I am wrong

@atilapakasa8063 3 жыл бұрын

thank you and i am where i must be

@kunchoksangjee5033 3 жыл бұрын

བཀྲ་ཤིས་བདེ་ལེགས། Hi! Your teachings were wonderful, and could you (teaching about “even as, even if, even though, even now, even then, even so, etc. please!

@balagpy 3 жыл бұрын

After long time

@thilakasirispathiranage9981 3 жыл бұрын

Fewer cars less traffic and less stress,how would it be fun on road?

@jk23233 3 жыл бұрын

What about the sign at grocery store checkout line: "10 items or less"? Should it be "10 items or fewer"? or is this one of the exceptions? Thank you!

@user-ww1ep7jq1g 3 жыл бұрын

Welcome my sister welcome my dear

@hanishu Жыл бұрын

1.There were fewer tourists this month. 2. Don't you think there are fewer cars than usual? 3. What you need to practice is making fewer mistakes. 4. Let's go to a place with less light. 5. Don't forget to put less salt next time 6. I've been feeling less stress these days

@Speakconfidentenglish Жыл бұрын

Fantastic examples! 👏

@saamoinu6498 Жыл бұрын

Fewer students attended my class yesterday. There is less sugar in my tea. Fewer children in Africa have access to internet. He gave me less money than my brother.

@Speakconfidentenglish Жыл бұрын

Fantastic examples, Saa Moinu. 👏

@ofertacoshopee8785 3 жыл бұрын

Because of the Covid-19, there are fewer tourists and fewer cars on the road, Practice is very importente to make fewer mistakes in any lenguage. At home we are trying to spend less light to save more money ( i don't know if you use the verb to spend in this case in English ) we use it in Portuguese My mom is using less salt when she cooks rice We need to get less stressed and be more calm

@Speakconfidentenglish 3 жыл бұрын

Love these examples, Marcos! Thanks for sharing. And good question about which verb we use with 'light.' In English, the verb 'use' is best. So you could say, "At home we're trying to use less light..."

@ofertacoshopee8785 3 жыл бұрын

Advice is countable in portuguese

@erdferd65 7 ай бұрын

Normally it is said as countable n uncountable. Which is more proper

@Speakconfidentenglish 7 ай бұрын

Hi there. Thank you for the question. Could you clarify the question? Are you asking about whether countable is more proper compared to another word? Could you tell me what it is?

@ofertacoshopee8785 3 жыл бұрын

What does rule of thumb mean?

@Speakconfidentenglish 3 жыл бұрын

A general rule but a rule that may have some exceptions.