On Wed, 29 Nov 2006 12:18:00 GMT, Bob Cunningham <exw6sxq@earthlink.net> said: [...] One problem with the Thistlebottomian distinction is that it serves no useful purpose. That it's unnecessary is brought out by consideration of "more", the common opposite of "fewer" and "less". Even Miss Thistlebottom has to condone the use of "more" with both countable and mass nouns, because