Jan 11, 2023
Personal rant. I am a copy editor and I fixed an occurrence of “as few as” to “as little as” on a document. The client switched it back. I switched it to “as little as” again, citing Chicago Manual of Style and Merriam-Webster (above) and she responded with such lovely sentiments as “That is grammatically incorrect” and “I disagree with the editor.” Even argued with my boss. I eventually had to put it the way she wanted it—incorrectly—cuz she is the client. Why would anyone choose that hill to die on?
