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[–] TheOakTree@lemm.ee 8 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (1 children)

Isn't fewer the better choice in formal English because years is a countable plural noun?

[–] herrvogel@lemmy.world -3 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (2 children)

It's not. You can count years, but years are a unit of time and you can't count time. Same thing with kilos or meters or liters or a bunch of other things.

It's not a super strict rule that you can apply blindly anyway. Money is very much countable but it's "less".

[–] asdfasdfasdf@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago

it's not

it is

years are a unit of time and you can't count time

wtf lmfao

[–] Objection@lemmy.ml 6 points 12 hours ago

I have less money, because I have fewer dollars. I have less time to live than them, because I have fewer years left.