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On Fri, 03 Dec 2004, Richard Turner stated:
> On Fri, 2004-12-03 at 13:59 +0000, David Damerell wrote:
>> Consider that similar supermarket dimwits eventually replaced "10
>> items or less" with "10 items only".
>> 
> Is the word "fewer" really so difficult to understand?!

`Less' and `fewer' are synonyms in that context, except that `fewer' is
clumsier without rephrasing as the slightly bizarre `Fewer than 11
items', which also doesn't carry the implication that 10 is most
probable.

HTH. :)

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