CoolBreeze44 wrote:You are what you are. 2-0. The rest doesn't much matter. We have strengths and we have weaknesses. Less weaknesses than we used to. (Drew, was that proper usage of than?)
Defense travels, so we should be a much better road team than we have been. Need to get another win Monday.
Yes! "Than" is used to compare, while "then" is used to mean "as a result" or to refer to time. So you were right, then, to use "than."
However, while the word "less" is acceptable for non-countable nouns (less water, less grass), we should use the word "fewer" for countable nouns (fewer chairs, fewer pencils). Since the word "weaknesses" in that sentence is a countable noun, the phrase should read: "fewer weaknesses than we used to."
Also, that last sentence is actually a sentence fragment because there's no distinct subject and verb. You could fix that by writing "we have," and add an introductory clause so it's not too redundant with the previous sentence. So you could write: "Thankfully, we have fewer weaknesses than we used to."
It also ends on a preposition (to), which, contrary to what some strict grammarians believe,
is acceptable in casual speech if the only grammatically-correct alternative sounds too formal. Thus, "Who do I give this beer to?" is acceptable because "To whom do I give this beer?" will get you rightfully laughed out of the party. In this case, though, there are acceptable alternatives. You could add the implied verb at the end of the sentence and write: "Thankfully, we have fewer weaknesses than we used to have." A better option may be to specify the comparison and write: "Thankfully, we have fewer weaknesses than last year."
:)
Go Wovles!
