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  • 'Fewer' is to be used when a countable number is referred to and 'less' is used when conceptual or non-countable items are described.

    Summit Daily News - Top Stories 2009

  • "Fewer" is a relative term, though: there were at least enough of us six-string aficionados to fill the Royal Albert Hall last night and watch the legendary

    The Plummet Onions 2009

  • "Fewer" may be grammatical wherever you come from, Hannah, but it's not New York English.

    Streetsblog New York City 2009

  • 'Fewer' is to be used when a countable number is referred to and 'less' is used when conceptual or non-countable items are described.

    Summit Daily News - Top Stories By Joe Breeze 2009

  • Fewer than 10 percent of all Americans report that in the previous year they “took part in protest marches or demonstrations,” but religious Americans are significantly more likely to have done so than secular Americans.

    American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010

  • Fewer than 150,000 jobs are directly involved in the making of all those cars and engines and the numbers have been gently falling for years as modern production techniques transform productivity.

    Globalisation can work, but only with a unified international plan | Will Hutton 2012

  • Fewer than 10% of applicants to Seedcamp London were selected to take part in the day.

    Seedcamp London: the other Dragons' Den 2012

  • Fewer and fewer countries are now guaranteeing the finances of more and more troubled countries.

    EU summit debt crisis talks – Wednesday 26 October 2011 2011

  • Fewer will pay close attention unless they see it soon.

    The Mets Need to Put the Past Behind Brian Costa 2011

  • Fewer than 1% of children in the world are considered profoundly gifted, and even fewer are regarded as prodigies—defined as children under 10 who perform better than most highly skilled adults.

    Raising an Accidental Prodigy Sue Shellenbarger 2011

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