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by jzw » Fri Mar 09, 2012 5:03 pm
can the word "less" only be used when dealing with something that is not countable?
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by GmatKiss » Sun Mar 11, 2012 7:18 am
IMO: We can use,

He has less than 20 Australian apples. - Quantity is countable.
He has lesser than 2000 Australian apples - Quantity is not countable.

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by shekhar.kataria » Sun Mar 11, 2012 1:09 pm
Less Can be used in other ways also. See the link.

https://oxforddictionaries.com/words/less-or-fewer

jzw wrote:can the word "less" only be used when dealing with something that is not countable?
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