Business English Essentials with Higher English
Aug 22, 2026 · 1 min · 3 segments
How do you talk about quantities and results naturally in English? It's not always as straightforward as it looks. When you're discussing things like performance, activity and results, the language…
That's why we frequently use the words more, less, and fewer.
We use more when something increases.
More works with countable and uncountable nouns.
We have more followers this month.
We need more time to prepare the campaign.
We use less with uncountable nouns.
Another example.
We use fewer with countable nouns.
We now manage fewer platforms than before.
Another example.
That post received fewer comments than the previous one.
Think of it like this.
Less equals things you can't count.
Fewer, things you can count.
Which sentence sounds correct? We have less followers than last year.
we have fewer followers than last year.
And the correct answer is fewer followers because followers are countable.
That's why we frequently use the words more, less, and fewer.
We use more when something increases.
More works with countable and uncountable nouns.
We have more followers this month.
We need more time to prepare the campaign.
We use less with uncountable nouns.
Another example.
We use fewer with countable nouns.
We now manage fewer platforms than before.
Another example.
That post received fewer comments than the previous one.
Think of it like this.
Less equals things you can't count.
Fewer, things you can count.
Which sentence sounds correct? We have less followers than last year.
we have fewer followers than last year.
And the correct answer is fewer followers because followers are countable.
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