Less or Fewer?

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radoe nou

thanks for you

ghassan marei

it is realy good lesson as I know new thing add to my knowledge

Amal

I lov u Alex. Your explanation is so simple.

katia

Hi Alex, first of all, I’d like to thank you! Your videos are awesome!

Few is the opposite of Many. So, what is the opposite of “fewer”? Might it be “very many”?

Thank you again! I love your classes! Cheers!

Vinicius Arcanjo

The opposite of “fewer” is “more”.
There are fewer people than I expected.
There are more people than I expected.

Christine

You got it.

Alex

Thanks, Alex.

cristianemarques

hi cristianemarques

weely900

Hi.

cristianemarques

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waleed

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sher M Akbar

Very nice explanation teacher Alex

Juan

Thanks Alex for such a wonderful lesson. You have simple and clear. I’d like you to give some special class on body language(gesture). I haven’t find any good lesson on that.

engvivid85

Thanks for the suggestion! I’ll keep it in mind!

Alex

I hardly found such lessons on net. Hopefully, engvid would provide that.

Arun

Short ,simple and very important grammar lesson thanks Alex!!!!

Hesham

you said this is correct
“There’s a lot less juice in the fridge than before the party .”
isn’t the juice a countable name ?
waiting for response , sir

mostafa

You cannot count juice neither water or wine. Therefore we must use less.

josedelgado

Bingo. Juice is a liquid, and liquids can’t be counted. Use “Less” for non-count nouns.

Alex

Very good!!
Thanks

shamaim

Hi Alex,you are clear very much with explanation.

nerismarcel

Alex, thanks for your explanations, very clear
Nevertheless, I want to make a question:
What is the diference between: Right now, Straight Away and Right Away?
Thanks!

jairoarboleda

Sounds like an idea for a future lesson!

Alex

Thank you so much….

Myo Myint Maw

Very important lesson! Thanks a lot

jc01

Thank sir!

wakeelahmedchanna23

Thanks for teaching us . This lesson really help me to speak english

mohibms

Thanks for teaching . This lesson really help me

mohibms

10 out of 10

Nice try in 5 and 6

5. I think you need to party fewer times a week.
6. I think you need to party less.

Thanks

krzysztof70

It’s very useful for my CA1 in March. :)Thanks ^^

cutecute

many thanks

khalid

focused and concise lesson.
Just good.

Luca

thanks Alex this is really difficult topic and thank you for your explanation this is wonderful

aduinterpreter

Thanks Alex.

Angel

Hi dear Alex
Could please have a lesson about “lately & recently and so on.” because I’m confused about them :(
Thanks

hrv84

Good idea! I’ll keep it in mind for a future lesson.

Alex

Hi Alex it was nice lesson and question.

Srinath

Thank you Alex , very simple .

libyano

Thank you Alex =)
BTW, I wish if you or anyone of the teachers could make a lesson about “Valentine Day” ^_^

hanikorshab

Thank you,Alex^^

toby

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weely900

Many thanks, Alex!

kurte

thanks for lesson, alex. however, please, you can explain the number 6. beacause, i think “party” is countable noun

vuido

“to party” that’s a verb

dinsdale79

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Kasra

Hi, could someone explain me this sentence:
I think you need to party fewer times a week.

fewer we should use for countable nouns, but I don’t think time is countable :/

Martin

please explain the number 6

Owais

Thank you so much and keep your good job.

imansour

Even if it is out of the topic Please help me.

Re write the following faulty sentence.
1. The car ran over the child, while walking to the office.

2. All watched the launching excitedly it was spectacular.

3. To be creative. I wanted to be happy.

4. John has two hobbies he spends more time on astronomy than art.

5. Nobody in the class of fifty students understand. How to solve the equation on the black board.

mesu

My suggestions:
1. Driving instead of walking (I suppose the child was on its way to school, not to the office).
2. Excitedly to be followed by a semicolon “;”.
3. Creative must be followed by a comma, not a period mark.
4. Period after hobbies. (I spend no time on either).
5. Understood instead of understand.

John Borup

and
5. Comma after understood, and how with a lower-case letter.

John Borup

thanks Alex. could please make a lesson on ‘also’.

INDIA

suraj

I’ll keep it in mind! Thanks for the suggestion!

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weely900

Thanks for the explanation ,I hope i will not forget it.

Ribi

Great Alex… :)

Michele

I’ve never paid attention to this difference:( The lesson was just on time.
Thank you Alex for your job!

larisaque

Thanks Alex
very good recalling

brala

hi barla
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weely900

Great, awesome, excellent lesson!!!! very useful for me,,,and for you guys!!!

atril

thanks alex

weely900

Hi Alex. you are the best.

rgcosta17

Nice test
Thanks …

Naseem

Hi Alex,

Hope you are doing good. Could you please tell me, In Q. 7 of quiz the answer is-The teacher’s been giving us fewer and fewer explanations lately.

Why this answer is correct?How can we count explanations.

emma08

thx a lot mr Alex u r simple and clear i like u so much

jamalkassis

Thank you so much Alex, your explanations are so useful. I wish that people who speak english, speak it like you

andrespilot

Hello Teacher Alex, Can you help me?I intend to make exchange in Canada if possible send me some names of school with good precedence and nice price.
Grateful since already.

nerismarcel

Hi ALex your explaination is so clean bit in this lesson u r liitlebit confusing me.so pls give me more…

sajeesan10

Thank Alex, I undertend this concept, is necesari know about contable and uncontable nouns ..

Mario

You got 6 correct out of 10.
:(

alawyi

Hi Alex,
hopeyou are doing good and also hope my comments can reach to you. i hve been watching most of the video in engvid.com and youtube also.I like three teacher and your explanation is very clear and wonderful. you are the first Alex,second Ronnie.third rebeca. i would request you please explain me present perfect and perfect continious tense.and past and future also.Many thanks

gayatrisahu8080

thanks alex.

suraj

I can do all the tests about fewer and less,thank you so much Alex.I got 9 out of 10.

bakhtiyar ali

Thanks a lot

Kira

OMG ! I did 100% correct! I’m not one of those which are all the time saying it but this time I’m really surprised because it’s not that simple! There were false friends but I managed it! Thanks Alex it was very interesting because although I have studied this subject I didn’t pay atention to it till now. It shows us that it’s very important to apply James’s theory: When you learn new words we must use write down and read it loudly 3 times so that we don’t forget it. Have a good day.

carlos77

thank you mr Alex you are talent

salim46

There are fewer students here that i expected,i should focus less on watching Tv and concentrate to my study.( is my sentence correct Alex?)

Mocha

Almost. Just change the end to “I should concentrate on studying” or “I should concentrate on my studying.”

Alex

Hi,and thank you Alex
I dont understand question number 7
why the explanations word is countable?
we cant count it !!!!!!!!!!!!

sahar

The lesson is good ,but when the questions asked here will be answered?

Yosef

i wonder if anyone will answer me this question: if (people) is countable noun why do we say it without (s) unlike other countable nouns?

Yosef

Hi Yosef,
I Think ‘People’ word is a plural word by itself.If we will add ‘s’ grammatically it’s not correct.
Hopefully it will help.

Amarsohal

Thanks so much great teaching

argenis

Hi! I started english lessons form today with you.
You are very impress me.
I would like to say thank you.
I will never miss your english lessons.
You awsome!!

jenny

As always, thnak you for your explanations!

RAC

thank you very much for useful videos. Your explanation is so clear and easy to follow. Many many thx

Dharmendra

thanks

kuksenko71

Thank you, dear teacher! Good lesson, but I just got 8 out of 10…

Janilza

thanks, you make it look so simple

cristian

thank you very much Mr Alex

muhammadrehman

i got 10/10.All my answers are correct.Nice video sir.

srinivas

hi alex……could you tell me how can we use following words in conversation,,,,,,,,,,,,,,……………………………………………….1.scream……..2.secular. 3.cede 4.hereafter 5.enthusiasm 6.nevertheless 7.eons 8.provoked 9.descendent 10..descendant………………pls tell me:)

pawankumar

I have less knowledge than you.
thanks a lot your teaching

yoga

Thanks Mr. Alex that helps me a lot while I’m learning English ^_^ .

Majed

I must say that this lesson was very helpful.

But still I have a doubt… what if we say “There are less no. of people here” ? Will the sentence be correct?

U.K.

we can account the money why used less???

sara

HI sara actually I thing money is not countable because of kinds like $100 + 100 Euro now we can say like I have $ 100 and 100 Euro we con not say like I have 200 money . this sentences is not complete and it not understandable .ok cause of that we use less / how much like I have less money to have that. who much money do you need ? OK thanks tech.. Alex if I’m wrong plze let me know .

jawad

much appreciated Jawad .

sara

Sarah, basically, you can count dollars, euros, pesos, etc. However, you can’t count money. You can’t say “I have 2 monies” or “I have 5 monies.” That’s the easiest way to understand it. :)

Alex

thank you alex. I appreciate it

sara

Love this site!

piancci

waooooooooo .. i got 90% marks…

Nazif

Very helpful…thank you!

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oveemistamis

Unfortunately, I don’t do private lessons online. Sorry!

Alex

thank you

raimundo36

Nice :)

monos

Hello Alex!
A good lesson and quiz. I was astonished that I only got 7 out of 10 correct.

John Borup

But then again, I have to repeat this lesson and quiz in a few days. As Carlos77 said:
James’s theory: When you learn a new word you must use it, write it down, and read it loudly 3 times so that you don’t forget it.

John Borup

Corrections:
a. I only got 7 correct out of 10.
b. Carlos77 wrote:

John Borup

In my second try, I got 10 correct out of 10.
Conclusion: My short time memory is intact :-)

John Borup

Thanks

michal29

Hello Alex
Very good explanation. I really did not knew about this difference.
Have a nice day.

anselmo

thanks Alex

asala

Dear Alex,
1rst thing 1rst HI,
As I remember,u had a video on “5 ways 2 say good bye”;now I wanna know is it possible 2 use ” latter! or latters! ” at the end of a letter,conversation,class n so on so on instead of bye,take care,have a good 1 … ??!!
P.S. I heard it b4.
Tx in advance,
Regards!

fatiima8

Later o Laters!
I’ve got it.
Yes,we can use them instead of bye.
Goood 4 me!

fatiima8

You can just write “later!” if the letter is to someone you know. Don’t use it in a formal context like a cover letter for a job.

Alex

HI.Alex, I want you my teacher for awhile. I was attentend school for reason quit. I was in level ABE are know if you hear that. I like you can help and my English,
I HEARD THAT GOOD THINGS ABOUT IN THIS WEBSIDE.

CARLOS RIOS CAMACHO

HI!! ALex I like your class

juanfco75

Great!!! straight to the point!

sunshine

Question 7, a doubt : When teacher is giving explanation , how we can count it or it can be considered as how much explanation is given than how many explanations given. I am little confused about it. Can you please help me ?

bharat7272

wow… 10 out of 10… thank you so much for this video!

Kate

Hi Alex great lesson! I got 10 out of ten but Can you explain why it is correct THERE ARE A LOT OF CARS if a lot means a big number – singular?
Thank you

grazia2013

“A lot of” and “Lots of” are both quantifiers. They can be used with either plural count nouns, or non-count nouns. They’re basically generic quantifiers that can work with everything, just like “some,” “a ton of,” “a bunch of,” etc.

Alex

Hello Teacher Alex. i got 6/10 :-)

zuhong

Hey Alex, could you help me to correct my sentence? Maybe it is out of topic but I really need your help. :)

Here is my sentence :

“With internet, we don’t need being student to become a student. I mean, we just need to sit down in front of gadget that already connected to internet then we can search anything we want.”

January ananda putra

Thank you very much teacher!

Victor

Hi Alex ..
thanks for this video .will you please discuss when to use “a” and “the” .They are both use for singular countable nouns so i AM A BIT CONFUSE .
THANKS AHEAD.

tess

You got 10 correct out of 10.
:D
Thank you so much .

engstar

hi Alex.. thank you so much especially for your pure pronunciation which can be easilly figure out :D

serdarsmh

cool

jack

Thank you!!

sirom

thanks Alex. Who wanna talk via skype let me Know. garikgarik270

garhakobyan

domo arigatou alex : )

mairei

thanks alix it was usefull listine

Riyad

How do you open the video ?

wedad1990

thanks a LOT I Have just 5 correct answer >>

lelo83

Hi Alex,
Hope you are doing good. Could you please tell me, In Q. 7 of quiz the answer is-The teacher’s been giving us fewer and fewer explanations lately.
Why this answer is correct?How can we count explanations.

Surya

One explanation.
Two explanations.
Three explanations.
Etc.

You can give more than one explanation for a subject.

Alex

Thanks Alex

Alaa ghz

Hi Alex,
Thnaks for this lesson.It was short and clear.

Amarsohal

Hi Alex,

Sorry I didn’t know where to ask my question. My question is about your presentation. You said : “My name is Alex, and I have been teaching English since 2008”.
Is it possible to say : “I have teached English since 2008” or “I have teached English FOR 2008″ instead of :”I have been teaching English since 2008”.

Is it the same meaning?

Thank you

Elio

“I have teached English since 2008” is correct,but “I have teached English FOR 2008” is not correct.because “for” is used to show period of time like “for 3 years”.

masoud59

Thanks Alex!
Very useful :)

jangsebin424351

i didn’t get the 100% correct answers!

kenzaham

thank you teacher for your explain, much appreciated.

sara

Thank you!
You are a great teacher.

Marcos

your classes always very useful .Thank you .

nevaeh

thanks for this quieze

rahaman123

Thank you for you teaching.

jocelyn133

thank a lot

trongdong

Thanks!

mazinho007

Thanks dear Alex

preemy

I have a question, do hour can be countable?

kathy1220

Because we cannot take the time out of it to count, how many of it.

kathy1220

i had 6 :(

biancasantiagot

Thank you very much

ghsh

Hi Alex, thank you for your lesson. Let me ask you about last question:

Do you think we have more or less freedom today?

Could you explain me why you did not use “much” instead “more”? After all, the freedom is uncountable. Thank you for your answer in advance. Have a nice day. Michal

agriotes

Thank you very much.
I have problem with number 6 too.If it is possible,please explain it.

masoud59

Thank you. Lol I really wish there was a MathsVid and SciVid as well as EngVid!

houdah

Thanks a lot .. and I was confused few things in the Quiz..#5and 6 . Both sentences of#5 “I think you need to party fewer times a week; It seems ‘party’ is considering as countable. and yet #6 next sentence like “I think you need to party less”. It revert to unconuntable as if I must comply .. should I think #5 is like ” how many parties we talking about” and #6 is like during the party ? Anybody help me out plz!

moonlit70

Dear Teacher,
I have a question for you.Why do we say fewer people, instead of few people.What is the difference between fewer people and few people ?Are they one and the same.(few people and fewer people)Are they interchangeable?When do we use fewer and when do we use few and when do we use lettle and when do we use less.Iam little confused.pls help.

srini123

i want you to make a lesson about the verb when he followed by up..cause any verb had meaning but when it followed by up completely the meaning will be changed or increased..
example (wake)not like(wake up)not like(wake them up)..and get not like get up not like get them up..so i really want you to explain this point..thanks

hussein syd

i have a question sir… i always heard in fast food, if they want some drinks and not too cold, they would always tell to crew, -less ice please- … but we can count an ice, why they use less if less is for uncountable…

please reply to me… thanks in advance

nhica

Hallo nhica, I asked the same question my English teacher and he answered my question in this way:

In this meaning of the word “ice”, it is possible. The ice is in unified quantity, one dollop of ice or one package of ice ( Magnum, Algida, …).

It is the same about the sugar. The sugar is an unc.noun, but in the situation like this, it is meant a cobe of sugar, it is countable.

“Hi Dearling, how much sugar do you want in your coffeee ?”
“Please, two sugars.” (=2 suagar cubes)

Hi Alex, is my English teacher right ? :-)

adrijana

Hi, Alex! Please,tell me, if I’m wrong,but I think “people” is not countable noun- do we say one,two, three people,or one, two, three persons,instead?I mean we can count persons,but it’s not the same noun as “people”.In my motherlanguage and some others “people” is uncountable noun. Lesson is helpfull,however,thankYou!

raivis

Hı people :) ıt was easy but you have to know which nouns are countable or uncountable. For example I thought party is countable “parties”.It’s related to english so we must think for english not our native language.For ınstance “money,juice freedom etc ” are countable noun ın my language but ın english they are not. At least,that’s my opinion

ebru01

Hi,ebru01 Your native language and English haven’t common roots,I guess,whereas mine have Latin roots,which are the same of most european languages

raivis

Thank you for good lesson.Very simple for understanding.

smoothsea

Hey, you Alex! Thanks for this amazing lesson :)

I’m facing problems in understanding the difference between the three following words, they are: Inner, deep and whithin. Are they the same? I mean, can be used meaning the same?

I’d be glad if you prepared a lesson abt it.

Thks once more!

phelipecastro

WoW!! I can’t wait to use it in my conversations. Very cool. Thank you Alex.

ivani

thanks a lot teacher!!!

adolfonicaragua

Thank you so much Alex for this lesson. That is great.

locdy

Hey Alex , thanks for this lesson
it helped me a lot :)

anngessy

Thanks Alex!
If someone want to practice through by Skype my ID is: sailor.brazil

renato1982

My note was horrible.

julio31

Score

julio31

Thanks Alex.

wiltoncleiton

Thanks Alex. Your classes are amazing and very helpful for me. :)

sarah2013

on the exercise number three, I think that it is no possible counting the number of reasons about something, because it is always possible add one more reason or to find out one more reason about something. I would use less instead of fewer when we are talking about reasons. What do you think Adams about it?

josedelgado

about question nine, why we cannot count money? why should use less if this is a countable noun?

josedelgado

I wish your classes were longer…I don’t realize how time passes while listenig to you…I can understand you without subtitles, but I don’t know whether I can always manage it or not.In Turkey in language exams I usually get between 70 and 85.My last score is 86.5.There are long passages and it’s not so easy to understand them in a limited time.I think I have to study hard.Thank you for your support.I love all your classes.Sorry I’ve written unnecessary things.Wish you happiness and lots of money.

daffodile

simple lesson but a good one.
surprising to know that you were never a native English speaker Alex, all engVid/s should take a leaf out of your book.

roshank

Thank you very much!
I allways confusing with few and less so I do not use them usually, Now I will try to write some examples:
– There were a few cups on the table.
– I have a less energy at the evening than in the morning.

Alex, please teach me how to use ‘If something would something’ in sentenses, sorry for my mistakes..

thank you for your vital great lessons!

ZhanarZhenis

trapped in”fewer party” but thanks for the lesson ^_^

astrid1

I didn’t know the difference between “Less” and “Fewer.” I understood “less” for uncountable and “fewer” for countable. But I’m confused about “to party (less or fewer).” I mean… No. 5 and No. 6. No. 5 was correct, but I failed No. 6. I chose same word (fewer). Would you tell me the difference, Alex or anyone who understand? Thank you :)

Happy04

9/10 Thanks! Usefull lesson!

viacheslavkr

THANK YOU TEACHER ALEX

cabdi

;)

Tymofyi

Thanks sir, I got 70%.

Abdul Qayum

10 out of 10 ,that’s great… thank you sir

nedaoj

Could you please explain about the difference between lesser and lower?
THX in advance

hganji

tanks a lots,

mary.TA

Hi Alex
I think,both answer of question number 5 are wrong because “Time” is an uncountable noun.Moreover,we can not add ‘s’ at the end of it.

haman87

i cant make out this lesson …
i got a sad face score
need to review the quiz the other question are complicated.

abeil

In second time I got 100 %. Thanks.

alpido24

you’re really great !!

Tin

Thank You :)

RafaelGasparetto

I got 8 correct out of 10,

I begin doing fewer mistakes

Kachar

I know English is very bad, but I got it. It was awesome.

Ann Newton

Thanks.

Nadir

Thank you Alex

12sb

very nice class!!

claudio2085

It’s a good explanation and easy to remember

HENDRIKRIWU

Oh great I got 8 out of 10. But what is the difference between less and lesser?????

Marcello Niro

7/10 :-(

ann ann

Thank you Alex, I like your style in teaching, short, focused, and interesting. Keep good work!

amrgam

Thanks a lot

Vivimi

Hi Alex!
Thanks for the video.

I got a problem.
If “hour” is countable why should I use “less” in “…less than two hours…”?

Thank you
Nick

Nick845

Thank you very much!!! Yours classes have been helping me a lot since I had started to watch.

Brunno Braga

Merci, Alex.

beernaard

I got 4 out of 10 terrible ?

Fabio Forne

Hi Alex.
First of all, I would tell you that I like so much all your lessons.

My question is: What about MORE? Can we use samething vs more for uncount items?

Thank you so mutch.

rachidaini

the rule is when it’s something you can count use fewer right why then when we are talking about money we use less, same with amount and number, if it’s something you can count use number and if you can’t count it use amount you can count money so why use amount and less this is the only thing that trips me up a lot

spencerjewett

Dear Teacher,
Thanks for your valuable videos.
Could you please tell me why did you use ‘less’ instead of fewer? We don’t have any noun there? in question number 6?