Fewer engagement is grammatically incorrect. Fewer shits is colloquially incorrect. If they want to be a pedant, they should at least know what the fuck they are talking about. If I were to try to improve it, I would change "less shits" to "less of a shit" but it's all slang anyway. Anyone suggesting such a correction is a wanker.

[–] gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 week ago

Looked at their profile, the funnier thing is that basically every post they make is grammatically incorrect

[–] BossDj@piefed.social 2 points 1 week ago

I know, I was joking.

[–] Quibblekrust@thelemmy.club 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Fewer shits is colloquially incorrect.

Not in my area. Fewer shits is correct.

If you want to use less, say "less of a shit".

[–] realitista@lemmus.org 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yes I think "less of a shit" is the right way (as I mentioned in the comment above).

Where do you live? UK?

[–] Quibblekrust@thelemmy.club 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I live on the Isle of Quibble.

[–] realitista@lemmus.org 1 points 6 days ago

Ah that tracks

[–] gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Used in a sentence:

Fewer and fewer people cared for Prescriptivism, as they are aware that it's an outdated model of linguistics and that it's seen as a waste of everyone's time.

Language is living and breathing, not frozen in amber

[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago

counter point: Stannis "the one true king" Baratheon