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Old Thu Jul 12, 2001, 12:16am
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Originally posted by Brad
While I'm correcting you, it's "...made very few mistakes, probably fewer than I."
(Sorry, my wife has a degree in English - guess it rubs off! )
I am humiliated: less/fewer is one of my pet peeves, and I can't believe I wrote this!! Thank goodness my grandmother didn't live to read this horrible sentence.

I can only hope that I have learned this correctible error, and that my English will improve. Thanks for the help...
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