A Comprehensive Guide to English Grammar and its Application to Fictional Writing

[Owen Glyndwr]

Yes, you are right, the word "not" doesn't make sense in the context, as does make.

[desert]

As with lay/lie, there is a group of grammarians who advocate removing the distinction between less and fewer.

Hey, you could use it as an answer:

"Ok, so it's a. more cookies and b. less style..."

"Less emissions, not less style!"

[soup_alex]

As with lay/lie, there is a group of grammarians who advocate removing the distinction between less and fewer.

"Urge to kill: growing!"

I think the lesson here is that advertising executives (or whatever they want to call themselves) are pretty damn stupid.
(oh, and it was a Volvo ad, by the way, not Vauxhall)

[alatar]

I can see where this guide would be useful (for non-native speakers who are trying to write a AAR) but I think pestering someone for minor mistakes is a bit excessive.

[Owen Glyndwr]

The grammarian lifestyle not something I am advocating, nor is this guide intended to be a grammarian's bible. This guide is solely intended to assist up and coming writers with the improvement of grammar in their stories, thereby improving the "readability" of the story overall.