At the moment the process seems to be: I'm bored > Make trivial poll.
I wouldn't mind if the polls were providing some informative data but it currently seems to be a matter of either reinventing the wheel or attempts to massage the poll poster's ego.
I am not english native. But still i know the difference between "few" and "less". And in a practical use like this poll, they have exactly the same meaning. Unless you want to start writting 1000 options like "few", "a less few", "less than a few", and so on.. i mean, seriously?.
You were kind of right that they are the same (when you look at it from a literal sense of the meaning), however your idea that they are different quantities/amounts being the difference is wrong. The difference between the two words is nothing to do with differences in amounts, it's about what object you are describing, see below.
What is the difference between second and third option?
There isnt.. obviously the op is not english native..
If you don't know the difference between less and fewer, then you probably shouldn't be talking smack about other people's English skills.
Actually the meaning of the words are he same, however the difference between them is in the usage.
The word fewer is used in reference to countable objects, for example: There are fewer M&M's in this bag.
Whereas the word less is used in reference to non-countable objects, for example: There is less water in this bottle.
Although he is wrong that they're the same from one perspective, when literal meaning is taken into account he is correct that they mean the same, because they do mean the same just in relation to different objects.
The option "we need to have less" does not belong because polls are countable objects, the "we need fewer" option is the correct one grammatically (and yes I know I clicked the less option I miss-clicked in my haste to express my hatred of polls).
and this is why i dont bother with all that stuff, it hurts my brain just looking at that... alien language. ironic isnt it, but i prefer to keep things simple.
as for the poll, not gonna waste my time with it.
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I wouldn't mind if the polls were providing some informative data but it currently seems to be a matter of either reinventing the wheel or attempts to massage the poll poster's ego.
and this is why i dont bother with all that stuff, it hurts my brain just looking at that... alien language. ironic isnt it, but i prefer to keep things simple.
as for the poll, not gonna waste my time with it.
Been around since Dec 2010 on STO and bought LTS in Apr 2013 for STO.