We are Decimating the English Language?

Let me set the record straight please? LOL
To "decimate" means to "reduce by one tenth."

Nearly everyone who is using this word "decimate" now is using it wrongly. They are replacing the word "destroy" with the word "decimate."


The word decimate does not mean to destroy, it means to ruin by a tenth, that means that nine tenth of the matter is not destroyed.

There are two other words that are being misused, to such a degree I am convinced that language has changed now, never to return to proper usage. The word "less" has replaced the word "fewer."

In the last few months I have heard the word less being used many times, all improperly except for one time. I got so excited I thought I had heard the gentleman wrong who was correct.

Here are the proper uses of the words "less" and "fewer";

There are fewer eggs in the basket than there was last week.

There is less flour in the bin than yesterday.

"Fewer" is used when we are speaking of individual quantities that can be counted, while "less" is used when we are speaking of things that are measured, but cannot be counted.

Someone please tell the media, they haven't opened their English book since high school, unfortunately most people are picking up their misuse of language.