Adams to Leyton Orient

[tedfoxxx]

Fewer.

I need a new hobby.

Tossing?

Actually no, you're already a tosser aren't you......

 

[SJN-Fox]

Wanking?

Steven, read the post carefully. He said a new hobby.

 

[Boy Genius]

Steven, read the post carefully. He said a new hobby.

Steven was offering his services though.

 

[Blue Maniac]

Far too predictable, you set of wankers :icon_lol:

 

[SJN-Fox]

Steven was offering his services though.

In return for the customary 50 marbles no doubt.

 

[tedfoxxx]

Far too predictable, you set of wankers :icon_lol:

 

[4-4-2]

Is the collective noun a "set" of wankers?

 

[Blue Maniac]

Is the collective noun a "set" of wankers?

No idea. A customer of mine used it the other day to describe the company I used to work for (the one that made me redundant in 2008), and it sounded right so I've adopted it.

 

[David Gwilliam]

Fewer.

I need a new hobby.

The dictionary definition of less is
1. Not as great in amount or quantity.

The number of times I have seen Adams this season is not as great in amount oir quantity as the number of times I saw him last season. Therefore "less" is a correct word.
"Fewer" would also do but seems to me less elegant.

 

[Blue Maniac]

The dictionary definition of less is
1. Not as great in amount or quantity.

The number of times I have seen Adams this season is not as great in amount oir quantity as the number of times I saw him last season. Therefore "less" is a correct word.
"Fewer" would also do but seems to me less elegant.

"Less" is indeed a correct word, just not in that sentence. Some useful reading:

http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/amount.html

 

[Dour]

"Less" is indeed a correct word, just not in that sentence. Some useful reading:

http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/amount.html

I didn't dare click on it. Is that useful in the sense of, "I don't much care for porn but give me a good grammar lesson and I'm away"?

 

[popillius]

The dictionary definition of less is
1. Not as great in amount or quantity.

The number of times I have seen Adams this season is not as great in amount oir quantity as the number of times I saw him last season. Therefore "less" is a correct word.
"Fewer" would also do but seems to me less elegant.

In this context you are not writing about an 'amount' as such but a number, thus 'less' is indeed non standard grammatically and it should, as corrected, read 'fewer'. Sorry.

 

[Blue Maniac]

In this context you are not writing about an 'amount' as such but a number, thus 'less' is indeed non standard grammatically and it should, as corrected, read 'fewer'. Sorry.

But DG's dictionary definition could be said to be misleading, as we are indeed referring to a quantity.

 

[SJN-Fox]

But DG's dictionary definition could be said to be misleading, as we are indeed referring to a quantity.

Yes but a quantity can be both measured and enumerated, if it can be counted, use fewer. If it can be measured, use less.

eg Less than a foot.
Or
Fewer than twelve inches.

Supermarkets are among the worst offenders with their checkouts for "10 items or less".

 

[Blue Maniac]

Yes but a quantity can be both measured and enumerated, if it can be counted, use fewer. If it can be measured, use less.

eg Less than a foot.
Or
Fewer than twelve inches.

Supermarkets are among the worst offenders with their checkouts for "10 items or less".

No!

 

[SJN-Fox]

No!

Ok, that probably wasn't the best example, but it was lunchtime and I'd switched my brain off for half an hour.

 

[Kingy_85]

Adams is coming back to the dissapointment of the O's boss. Apparently he has been a top performer in his 6 games.

Anyone heard anything more than that ?

 

[Hazzman]

SSN said the same this morning.

 

[Graz]

He's already back? Was that the end of his loan or have we recalled him?

I'm suprised either way, thought he'd stay there longer.


*Realised I could've just looked at the start of this thread! 1 month loan, so was due to come back. Suprised it's not been extended though

 

[sparky79]

We need Adams back to provide cover having lost 1 number in Fryatt.
our squad isn't all that big and with the new more fluid 4-3-3 formation we need a few attacking wide rights in the squad in case of injury/loss of form.
N'Guessan, Oakley and Gallagher can and will play it - but with Fryatt out and Gallagher playing more up front - we've only got 2 players who like to play there.
So let's hope Adams is up for contributing to the run in.