Mo2men wrote:
Dear Mike,
I'm little bit confused about 'less than' in this question.
Why do not we use ' fewer than 3 years'? Is not 'years' countable word?
Thanks
DearMo2men ,
I'm happy to respond.
The general rule, as you well know, is"fewer " for countable nouns and "less quot; for uncountable nouns.
A curious idiomatic exception to this pattern concerns units. Some units are so frequently used that they are,
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