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Yesterday a friend of mine was caught smoking pot in school. Today he came in with short hair. Any connection?
I think they call it punishment.
Maybe feeling very guilty and may want to prove a change, thinking he looks more 'cleaner' without the hair...ask him.
" . . . less weapon related incidents . . ."
FEWER weapon related incidents
sorry for being so ______, but it just bothered me.
According to Roget's Deluxe Thesaurus:
less: prep. Not as great in number or amount as: under, below, lower than, fewer
fewer: prep. Not as great in number or amount as: under, below, less, lower than
fewer: adj. Amounting to or consisting of a small number: few, hardly any, meager, scant, scarce, sparse
few: adj. Amounting to or consisting of a small number: hardly any, meager, scant, scarce, sparse
And I found "lesser" in the American Heritage Dictionary. When I looked it up, it said:
less-er adj. A comparative of little.
1. Smaller in amount, value, or importance, especially in a comparison between two things.
2. Of a smaller size than other, similar forms.
so, i was just referring to what i thought was an error in the syntax of a page that was linked to. i do not quite understand what your point is. those are the proper definitions. i was just stating that because there is a number being referred to, the lesser quantity of the weapon related incidents (singular quantity, modified quality by the word "lesser") means that there are fewer incidents. (plural, number indicated by the word "fewer")
contrasting example: the weapon related incidents are now at a fewer level. (using a plural modifier to modify the singular "level")
anyway, i hope i did not make any huge grammar misktakes (other than capitalization and really bad sentence structure), or i would look like a huge hypocrite. well, i probably do anyway. oh well. happy hair-growing. :)
Maybe he got a haircut in anticipation of a court appearance.
Could it be those archiac dress codes in msg#22974?
He had it down to his shoulders. Right now it isn't even near to touching his ears. I believe that his parents made him cut it. Funny that both he and I were pressured to cut our hair for JROTC last year. Now mine is longer than his. Anyways, perhaps his job interferes with his "recreational activities." I can't blame him for trying to jazz up his boring school day. Please reserve judgement.
it. Also, stop making us long haired guys look bad by using drugs/alcohol. That's probably why he did get his hair cut.