Re: GNU sed maintainers, please document less or fewer

[Bruce Korb]

On 10/14/13 14:24, John Cowan wrote:
> Bruce Korb scripsit:
>
> > If you put several fewer gallons of water into a tub,
> > then you have less water in the tub.  "fewer" is for
> > stuff you can count, "less" for stuff you don't count.
> > "backslashes" and "gallons" are countable.
>
> OT, but this is not the whole truth but an oversimplification.

With a simplified rule, you can wind up with fewer mistakes
and less overall grating on one's nerves. ;)  But, yes,
I ought to have added a "more or less" caveat.