my elements of style is missing. i can’t find it anywhere. ultimately, i found the answer i was looking for: fewer refers to individual units/numbers (There are five fewer donuts in the box.) and less refers to general quantities (The amount of money in our account is less than it was last year). but now i have a new mystery – where is it?!? do not obsess. do not obsess…
i found it! it had fallen behind the bookcase. (whew!)