Fewer flies around this year?

Fewer.

You're welcome.

many fewer

'much fewer' makes no sense.

Thank you, I wasn't fully concentrating. I wrote 'fewer' then for some inexplicable reason deleted it and replaced it with 'less'.

You're welcome.

I was pre-sensitised from having gone in Morrisons in the week and used the "5 items or less" queue. :o)

Oy, I'm the duty pedant today.

Now you have to explain why, to Harry.

En el artículo , Harry Bloomfield escribió:

I refer you to the "10 reasons you know you're getting old" thread.

:)

How would Huge know why you're today's duty pedant?

You mean that there isn't a rota?

Tim Streater formulated on Sunday :

Is there a badge?

Naah. I've moved on to "fewer" vs. "fewest".

Especially since Tim's killfiled here because of the tedious back-and-forth with Plowperson.

No, a peaked cap ;-)

So that email I got from Usenet Central appointing me Group pedant was a fake? Gosh.

Tim Watts pretended :

I meant this year, this summer. I also noticed the same whilst away in south Wales, in the caravan - got back just last week, we were able to just have the windows wide open with no need for the fly screens to be down.

No, they were about a lot earlier than usual though, whether this is a good thing or not no doubt we will find out next year.

Unfortunately you cannot have an open back door here without 20 flies and assorted bugs wandering in then seemingly being unable to remember the way back out again. Honestly they need a bigger brain obviously. Brian

We've noticed many more flies this year - which may be connected to the near absence of spiders...

Brian Gaff submitted this idea :

Our back door is always open in this weather, but we have one of those mesh things, which pulls itself closed with magnets. It was very effective last year, you could see the flies were queueing up there to in, but this year there are very few.

I've was munched by Horseflies frequently during the June heatwave.

Definately fewer mozzies. Normally I seem them hovering around the bottom of the garden once the weather warms up. But not this year.

i was thinking this the other day whie i was out gardening, certainly seems to be less about, any reasons anyone?

BREXIT , although if it's a good thing it can't be BREXIT .