Fewer and less respectively refer to a number of items, or an amount of something.
Commonly Misused Words
Do you know what salubrious means?
salubrious suh-LOO-bree-us, adjective: Salubrious is from Latin salubris, “healthful,” from salus, “health.”
Favourable to health; promoting health; healthful.
A physician warned him his health was precarious, so he shelved his legal ambitions and searched for a salubrious climate.
Uptown, however, the tanners’ less salubrious quarter is notorious for its stench.
“Byzantium”, Toronto Star, February 7, 1999
Commonly Misused Words: sanguine
Do you know what sanguine means?
“He is sanguine about prospects for the global economy”
“The committee takes a more sanguine view”
Is it complimentary or complementary?
Both of these spellings exist and are very often used in the wrong context; this can, of course, have a negative impact on the writer/company using the wrong version and can damage hard-won image. Some classic examples of wrong use are outlined below. [Read more…] about Is it complimentary or complementary?