The FAA's new SMART system uses AI to predict air traffic congestion and adjust flight schedules early, but experts question ...

Not long ago, I caught a snippet of a radio report about flooding in Colorado. Here’s the first sentence I heard: “The number has dropped to fewer than 600 missing.” When people use the word “fewer” ...

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Americans are having fewer babies than they used to. This fact, along with the decline in immigration, means big changes for families and society.

People who are careful about their grammar take extra care with “less” and “fewer.” Most of the time, the results are good. “Ben has fewer worries this year” sounds better than “Ben has less worries ...

Faithful reader Henry Smith of East Hartford writes to ask about the legitimacy of the phrase “many fewer,” as in “Skeptics persist, but there are many fewer of them.” His concern is understandable.

Avid Game of Thrones fans may remember Stannis Baratheon’s commitment to correcting the word less to fewer. The habit no doubt warmed the heart of every fussy grammarian watching the show—and maybe ...

Sign up for the daily CJR newsletter. More and more, fewer people use “less” and “fewer” the way the language gods intended. “There are less people here ...

Have you ever seen that sign at the grocery store counter that reads “ten items or less” and sputtered, “It should say ‘ten items or fewer!’” and had your monocle fall off in a spasm of ...