
- She has less quarters than Jim.
- Over a hundred people attended the meeting.
- He needs alot of practice.
- Use "less" for indefinite quantities, those you can't count. "The teacher has less time to grade papers this week" or "This recipe would taste better with less mayonnaise."
- If you 're writing about something you can count, then use "fewer," not "less." "She has fewer quarters than Jim" or "He found fewer seashells on the beach than he expected."
- Use "over" to describe where something is, not to describe an amount. "The fish jumped over the net" or "The railroad company built the bridge over the lake."
- Use "more than" to describe an amount. "More than a hundred people attended the meeting" or "That bottle holds more than a quart."
- "A lot" is always written as two words, no exceptions. I remember it this way: Would you write "abit" or "alittle"? The sentence above should be: "He needs a lot of practice."