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I understand that time as a whole is uncountable so use of 'Much' or 'Less' would be correct but is it correct to say "I have less than 30 minutes to live" when minutes is a countable noun? Or should it be "I have fewer than 30 minutes to live"?
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Yes, it is correct to say "I have less than 30 minutes to live".
The usual explanation of why this is correct is that "30 minutes" is a block of time, and time is uncountable. Or just think of this usage as the preferred idiom.
The following are correct too: less than 30 miles, less than 30 kilos, less than 30 litres, less than 30 degrees.
SilverDuck, Please note, I did not say that "fewer than 30 minutes" is wrong. There may be contexts in which "fewer than 30 minutes" is better (can't think of any at the moment).
But "less than 30 minutes" is certainly more common and more standard.
Thank you so much. I'll elaborate my understanding with an example below and if I am wrong, please correct me. I have very little money - fewer/less than 10 dollars. If I am understanding it correctly, this sentence should ideally use 'less than' because it's strange to say 'I have these many number of dollars'. . If I was talking about the number of dollar bills I have, I'd use 'fewer than'.
Thank you so much. I'll elaborate my understanding with an example below and if I am wrong, please correct me. I have very little money - fewer/less than 10 dollars. If I am understanding it correctly, this sentence should ideally use 'less than' because it's strange to say 'I have these many number of dollars'. . If I was talking about the number of dollar bills I have, I'd use 'fewer than'.
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Seems right, if I understood right If you have very little money you should say "less than 10 dollars". If, for some strange reason, you were talking about the number of dollar bills, you would say you had "fewer than seven dollar bills".
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