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Pastimes : SI Grammar and Spelling Lab
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To: Sowbug who wrote (918)3/7/1998 5:27:00 PM
From: Jack Clarke  Read Replies (1) of 4710
 
Sowbug,

Per Fowler, "lots" is used with a singular verb unless "of" is used with it:

There is lots to do.

Lots of people think so.

Also, I'm not sure what the rule is, but we often see "less" misused:

We have less automobiles than we used to have.(Instead of the correct fewer.) I think "less" is used for amounts, "fewer" for number.

Jack
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