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This year the company hired (comparative of 'few') graduates than last year.

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Used with: FewerPlural countable nouns: fewer cars, fewer mistakes, fewer optionsLessUncountable nouns: less traffic, less money, less information
With numbers + a measured unit: FewerNot used directly before a bare number + unit of measurementLessStandard for amounts, money, distance, time, weight: 'less than $50', 'less than 10 minutes'
'...than' + countable plural: FewerGrammatically correct: 'fewer than 20 students'LessExtremely common informally, but considered incorrect in formal writing: 'less than 20 students'

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