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Date:      Sat, 1 Jun 2002 19:29:11 +0300
From:      Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>
To:        Ross Lippert <ripper@eskimo.com>
Cc:        ac14806t@st.nagaoka-ct.ac.jp, doc@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: [Question] A `-h' flag for ls(1) in relnotes (RELENG_4)
Message-ID:  <20020601162910.GB566@hades.hell.gr>
In-Reply-To: <200206011416.HAA18805@eskimo.com>
References:  <20020601163227T.ac14806t@st.nagaoka-ct.ac.jp> <200206011416.HAA18805@eskimo.com>

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On 2002-06-01 07:16 -0700, Ross Lippert wrote:
> 
> +      digits printed is less than four.</para>
> 
> Actually, I believe that correct usage is
> +      digits printed is fewer than four.</para>

My intuition says that there are two ways to write this:

	three or less

	less than four

But, I'll wait and see what other people have to say, who are more
keen on English grammar.

- Giorgos


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