On the subject of less and fewer, by the way....

[conuly]

If you feel you absolutely must adhere to it, say, in the express lane of your store, because you don't want to deal with the world's most trivial (and, I'll say, tedious) complaints, I suggest you split the difference and don't use either word. Try "Up to ten items" instead. That makes everybody happy, except the woman with eleven.

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Comments

[spikethemuffin]

Good call on the compromise.

[randomdreams]

One local place says "about ten items" and another, "ten-ish items."

[wpadmirer]

I like the article about Bringing Up Baby, and the one on art forgery! Cool stuff.

[archangelbeth]

Ha! I like those, too.

[conuly]

Nifty!

[calimac]

"Up to ten" gets you into an argument between the people who think that includes ten and those who think it excludes it (i.e. 1-9).

[conuly]

Obviously the second group can just get over themselves. We all know none of them will say shit to the guy who comes in with 37 items anyway, so who cares about the granny with 10, or even 11?