fewer vs less

JTT, I think people might take you a bit more seriously if you didn't post like an absolute bloody wanker.

.....in a discussion about the economy, Rachida Dati, formerly justice minister, coolly said “fellation” (fellatio) instead of “inflation”.

The French Justice minister appointed by President Sarkozy - an intelligent and capable woman, born / educated in France, but of North African linguistic surroundings at home, resigned because:

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.....in a discussion about the economy, Rachida Dati, formerly justice minister, coolly said “fellation” (fellatio) instead of “inflation”.

That was not the real reason for her resignation but it made the day of many a political commentator..

... it made the day of many a political commentator..

[the author] chronicles his studies of creoles—the bastard tongues of the title—isolated languages with dubious and disputed parentage spoken by the lower classes.

Bickerton seeks to explain creoles' linguistic anomaly: all creoles, though isolated from one another, have similar grammatical traits. This chatty, humorous memoir, laced with lucid analyses, shows how a creole initially seems to be a mishmash of nonsensical words (e.g., She mosi de bad mek she tek he), but is later revealed to be linguistically lush (translation: She could only have married him because she was completely broke). Most creoles, the author says, were created out of necessity due to the language divide that existed between imperialist states and their colonies, and

Bickerton theorizes that creoles are evidence of humans' innate language bioprogram that enables them to construct a new language out of [linguistic] bits and pieces. Creating a multifaceted, immersive approach to the study of linguistics, Bickerton explores the miraculous human capacity for language and how the emergence of creole languages represents a triumph of... the human spirit.

http://www.amazon.com/Bastard-Tongues-Trail-Blazing-Linguist-Languages/dp/0809028174

a creole initially seems to be a mishmash of nonsensical words (e.g., She mosi de bad mek she tek he), but is later revealed to be linguistically lush

But they don't enter them in the Paris-Dacca.

McT wrote:

But they don't enter them in the Paris-Dacca.

That's because Bangladesh is quite far..

Rafi counted 20 slices of pie but when I counted them there were/was only 17.

If the I has counted them the correct number should be given.

Is "were" or "was" correct?

Touche