The number of Americans planning to buy a home is at its lowest level in 12 years, according to The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index. The report, based on market research of more than 36 ...

Not long ago, I caught a snippet of a radio report about flooding in Colorado. Here’s the first sentence I heard: “The number has dropped to fewer than 600 missing.” When people use the word “fewer” ...

Faithful reader Henry Smith of East Hartford writes to ask about the legitimacy of the phrase “many fewer,” as in “Skeptics persist, but there are many fewer of them.” His concern is understandable.

Fewer than eight dollars can be exactly seven dollars or exactly six dollars. But it can’t be seven dollars and 48 cents. Distances work the same way. Fewer than 3 miles means 2 miles, one mile or ...

Apologies for adding to the list of things to be scared of this Halloween season. But I’m spooked by a new report that found fewer and fewer Americans are paying attention to the news. Especially with ...

Sign up for the daily CJR newsletter. More and more, fewer people use “less” and “fewer” the way the language gods intended. “There are less people here ...

In today’s economy, earning a college degree is still a winning choice. The unemployment rate for Americans with bachelor’s degrees or higher is just 3.2 percent, compared to a national average of 6.1 ...

More often than not in grocery stores and other retail establishments, you'll see express lanes with signs specifying that they're for purchases of "X items or less." Hold on to your handheld device, ...

People are having fewer babies than ever before. Birthrates have fallen for more than 15 years, and last month, the United States announced a record-low total fertility rate of 1.62 babies per woman ...

The US Department of Health and Human Services is planning to overhaul the schedule of recommended vaccines for children in the US, a person familiar with the plans told CNN on Thursday.