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Originally Posted by BigV
Yep, I know this rule, it's why I even bothered to reframe it in my mind. And the "correct" version "sounds" wrong.
the handle saver cost less than ten dollars.
that sounds right, but is contrary to the rule, so, I asked...
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That depends; do you consider dollars to be a mass noun or a count noun? If you are just referring to dollar bills, than the cost is a count noun and you should say
fewer than $10. If the price can be $9.999r, than it could be treated as a mass noun and you could say
less than $10.