Some examples and use cases from the internet:

Some examples and use cases from the internet:

• There were less people in the shop today. Both are right. Many people frown on less with count nouns, but there's nothing technically wrong with it. Like so many  ...
• Dec 24, 2014 ... There were less people in the shop today. Both are right. Many people frown on less with count nouns, but there's nothing technically wrong ...
• There were less people in the shop today. Both are right. Many people frown on less with count nouns, but there's nothing technically wrong with it. Like so many  ...
• There were less people in the shop today. Both are right. Many people frown on less with count nouns, but there's nothing technically wrong with it. Like so many  ...

• Dec 24, 2014 ... There were fewer people in the shop today. There were less people in the shop today. Both are right. Many people frown on less with count ...
• There were fewer people in the shop today. There were less people in the shop today. Both are right. Many people frown on less with count nouns, but there's ...
• There were fewer people in the shop today. There were less people in the shop today. Both are right. Many people frown on less with count nouns, but there's ...
• And now for the really difficult ones: Which is grammatically correct? There were fewer people in the shop today. There were less people in the shop today.