army1987 comments on What Is Signaling, Really? - Less Wrong

74 Post author: Yvain 12 July 2012 05:43PM

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Comment author: [deleted] 11 July 2012 12:07:20AM 1 point [-]

why did about 50% of readers get a mental flinch and an overpowering urge to correct me when I used “less” instead of “fewer” in the sentence above?

I didn't, and I suspect the percentage of readers who did is much smaller.

Comment author: prase 11 July 2012 09:35:45PM 1 point [-]

But you aren't a native speaker, are you? (I notice that you have said elsewhere that you live in Italy.)

Comment author: [deleted] 11 July 2012 11:44:27PM * 1 point [-]

I'm not, but I do immediately notice ‘actual’ grammar errors such as “it's” instead of “its” etc.

ETA: And my prediction wasn't based on my personal intuition alone, but on what I've read on Language Log.