Too less vs too little [closed]
Consider these two sentences:
- One week is too little to observe a measurable weight loss.
- One week is too less to observe a measurable weight loss.
When I uttered (2) in casual speech, my friend corrected it to (1). I agreed: (1) sounded better. But is (2) grammatically incorrect?
Does thinking of "One week" as an uncountable quantity (time period) make a difference?
Solution 1:
The intensifier too cannot be used with comparative and superlative forms. Less is the comparative of little (irregular: little, less, the least) and therefore we cannot use it with too. You can say: much less, but that has a different meaning.
Solution 2:
Too less is actually a very typical non-native mistake. Not sure of the rules behind it but "Too less" just doesn't work no matter where you use it.