Why are our footballers almost always rubbish and our athletes world class? I ask this all the time but in less words than Martin Samuel. BobW, United Kingdom.
No, Bob you ask it in fewer words than Martin Samuel. 'Words' is plural and 'words' can also be counted. So you write 'fewer' words; not 'less'. And that's probably just as well because, rotten grammar aside, I try to come up with answers rather than just pose questions. Asking questions is the easy part, Bob. Any doofus can ask questions. Answers, that's the key to it. And I don't always have them, but I try.