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Welcome to this tutorial.

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Today we're going to talk about fewer versus less and then versus then.

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Let's get started.

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Fewer refers to countable plural nouns.

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For example apples students etc. and means not as many.

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Have a look at the examples below.

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Fewer hours are required to complete this project countable plural noun fewer than 10 students choose.

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Asian studies as their major this year countable plural nouns less refers to uncountable nouns.

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For example water noise etc. and means not as much.

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Have a look at the examples below I'd like to learn how to spend less time procrastinating uncountable

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noun time Bob has just started working there so he obviously gets paid less uncountable noun now less

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can also be used with numbers or expressions of measurements as in the examples below.

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If you weigh less than forty five kilos you are underweight the cafe is less than 1 kilometres from

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here.

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You can't simply walk there then it's an adverb that can indicate a particular time in the past or future.

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What happens next or the result of a situation having a look at the examples.

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No Max.

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Work as a teacher back then in the past.

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Whisk eggs and sugar and then add flour.

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What happens next if you don't call a cab then we'll miss our flights.

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Result of a situation

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then is a conjunction and it is used to compare one thing with another.

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Note that it can be part of an expression for example rather than no sooner than etc..

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Have a look at the examples below.

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Molly is taller than Ashley comparing Ashley to Molly it's still better than being unemployed.

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Comparing unemployment to another thing I'd rather hang out with them than stay alone and my claims

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comparing staying alone and my pleas to hanging out with them.