''Less'' or ''lower''
I am struggeling with deciding between ''less'' or ''lower''. For example I have the three sentences: Method A leads, on average, to 50 kWh less/lower surplus energy per day. The results
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I am struggeling with deciding between ''less'' or ''lower''. For example I have the three sentences: Method A leads, on average, to 50 kWh less/lower surplus energy per day. The results
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The lowest common denominator sounds like it''s smaller than the greatest common divisor, when in fact it''s the opposite. It''s not a very good expression to use outside mathematics, as it sounds better
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Is there any difference between the words lowest and lowermost? When should I use either of them? Possibly lowermost should never be used?
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Merriam-Webster traces "lowest common denominator" to 1854 and "least common denominator" to 1851. It is therefore quite interesting that the earliest matches for "lowest common
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The phrase "The highest as the lowest form of criticism" means that the highest and lowest forms of criticism (and by implication all the other shades of form between them) share a
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The lowest-ranking person in society might be a serf:- a person in a condition of servitude, required to render services to a lord, commonly attached to the lord''s land and transferred
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What is the difference between least and lowest? Websites announce as "Lowest prices", but not "least". Least is the superlative degree. low > lower > least ?
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What''s it called when you get a type of award because you didn''t get the award you were supposed to get? Let''s say someone was trying to get an award, and they tried really hard, but they
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Then I questioned whether either "What is the least number of people?" or "What is the fewest number of people?" is a superior alternative. My guess is that the "fewest number" option is
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A more frequently used and colloquial expression is bottom out, which means "to reach a point where a decline is halted or reversed" (MW), or "to have reached the lowest point in a
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