Something like this was bound to happen. In the edition that just went out, the passage:
But still, less for count nouns (coins, pants, cars), fewer for mass nouns (water, honey, heartbreak), is basically the whole thing. That’s it.
Should have read:
But still, fewer for count nouns (coins, pants, cars), less for mass nouns (water, honey, heartbreak), is basically the whole thing. That’s it.
Ironically, a very good example of a case where less and fewer are not interchangeable.
not so much a typo as an editing error :)
Perfect.