Comments on: The Super Bowl and Super Tuesday: How’d They Get So “Super”?

By: Ben Zimmer

Ben Zimmer — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 04:19:09 +0000

My goodness, less/fewer and plural none in the same paragraph. I’m tripping over all sorts of usage peeves…

By: Jim Davis

Jim Davis — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 15:41:10 +0000

From the last paragraph of the blog on “super”:
“But none of these amplified epithets have. . . .” I’d love to hear your take on the number of “none.”

By: Ben Zimmer

Ben Zimmer — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 20:27:12 +0000

Ah, the old less/fewer distinction! Perhaps I'll devote a future column to that. In the meantime, here's some reading material from Mark Liberman and Geoff Pullum at my other blogging home, Language Log: 1, 2, 3.

By: Paula Mathieson

Paula Mathieson — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 15:36:58 +0000

Um, I’ve a slight bone to pick with you, Ben, about your saying “less than 1,000″ and “less than 500″ rather than “fewer than”. ???!!!