Last night, for only the second time in the history of the American show, someone won a million dollars on Deal or No Deal. It was a bright spot for the show, but not so much for the grammatically-challenged host, Howie Mandel.

Toward the end of the show, Mandel explained to contestant Tomorrow Rodriguez that, despite the loss of one of four million-dollar cases in play, her deal was increasing “because you have less and less cases.”

Eek! We thought Canadians knew better.

When describing something that can be counted individually, such as the number of remaining cases, use fewer. If it cannot be counted, then use less.

Maybe if Mandel spent less time shaving his head, he could spend more time reading Grammar Guard and, consequently, he’d make fewer linguistic mistakes.