Fwd: Catch the less vs. fewer explanation in the middle

[Dennis R. Preston]

arnold,

What real people think about language is indeed still at the heart of
my collecting energies; this is a site I've not been to, and it will
be helpful, since our section on 1st language acquisition in our Folk
Linguistics (Niedzielski and Preston 1999, Mouton de Gruyter, for
people who have not yet bought it) was one of the slimmer ones.

dInIs



>[yes, i'm sort of working my way backwards through e-mail, which has
>been piling up these last two weeks while i was afflicted with an
>asthma attack -- awful smoke in the air from forest fires in northern
>california -- and gastroenteritis (probably Norwalk virus, which has
>afflicted my daughter, son-in-law, two of their closest friends, and my
>granddaughter, oi).  in any case, those of you who collect People in
>The Street responses to linguistic usages might want to look at this
>site, which is primarily directed at baby care, but, like many
>discussion groups on topics that have nothing to do with language,
>easily erupts into collections of linguistic pet peeves.  is anyone
>collecting this stuff?  dInIs?]
>
>Begin forwarded message:
>
>>From: Elizabeth Zwicky <zwicky at greatcircle.com>
>>Date: October 18, 2004 3:51:16 PM PDT
>>To: "Arnold M.Zwicky" <zwicky at csli.stanford.edu>
>>Subject: Catch the less vs. fewer explanation in the middle
>>
>>http://www.windsorpeak.com/dc/dcboard.php?
>>az=show_topic&forum=18&topic_id=12557&mode=full&page=


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Dennis R. Preston
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Department of Linguistics and Germanic, Slavic, Asian, and African Languages
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Michigan State University
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