Fewer or Less?

When talking about quantities, whether to use fewer or less might be unclear, but not after reading this blog post. Let’s get it right! Actually it’s just a matter of countable or uncountable nouns.

Use fewer if you’re referring to people or things in the plural form that can be counted (for example: monkeys, airplanes, iPhones, singers, problems).

Use less for something that can’t be counted or doesn’t have a plural (for example: happiness, butter, money, electricity, information).

Example: David thinks he’ll have fewer problems if he wins the lottery but he could also have less happiness.