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[Old Greg]

fewer BMWs

According to prescriptive grammar, "fewer" should be used (instead of "less") with nouns for countable objects and concepts (discretely quantifiable nouns or count nouns). According to this rule, "less" should be used only with a grammatically singular noun (including mass nouns) and only when they suggest "a combination into a unit, a group, or an aggregation: less than $50 (a sum of money); less than three miles (a unit of distance)".[1] However, descriptive grammarians (who describe language as actually used) point out that this rule does not correctly describe the most common usage of today or the past and in fact arose as an incorrect generalization of a personal preference expressed by a grammarian in 1770.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fewer_vs._less

HTH

[minestrone]

thanks

[VectraMan]

fewer BMWs

Is BMWs correct? It's Bayern Motor Werken, or Bavarian Motor Works, and the W is already plural.

[Old Greg]

thanks

No problem.

[DaveB]

Is BMWs correct? It's Bayern Motor Werken, or Bavarian Motor Works, and the W is already plural.

BMWs is a contraction of BMW cars, so it should be BMW's.

[Old Greg]

BMWs is a contraction of BMW cars, so it should be BMW's.

Either is acceptable.