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From: Ross Lippert <ripper@eskimo.com>
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	Keramidas on Sat, 1 Jun 2002 19:29:11 +0300)
Subject: Re: [Question] A `-h' flag for ls(1) in relnotes (RELENG_4)
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>My intuition says that there are two ways to write this:
>	three or less
>	less than four
Hey if someone can show me documentation that supports this usage,
then I'll stop worrying about it, but for until that happens, I'll
think that fewer is what you should apply to whole numbers and
less only applies to continuous.

three or fewer

fewer than four


-r

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