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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a kid less" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It may be intended to express a reduction in the number of kids, but it lacks clarity and proper grammatical structure.
Example: "After the move, we were a kid less in the house."
Alternatives: "one less kid" or "fewer kids".
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But crazier things have happened than a weathered, mostly forgotten 44-year-old who hasn't won a tournament in nearly two years slouching out of Augusta National with a green jacket pilfered off the shoulders of a kid less than half his age.
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We also say if you're an empty-nester or a kid-less couple you should check it out so long as your other car is better at the more pedestrian duties of moving people and things.
So we'll leave it at this: Every day's a new chance to screw up my kid less.
"The more times you have to keep going back and looking at a kid, the less likely it is he can play," he said.
He is married with a kid, no less, and "he sleeps with women everywhere," according to his anonymous former girlfriend in a posting on DontDateHimGirl.com.
Also, if you're a kid, a less embarrassing way to get your vegetables.
It makes your kid less safe.
Do I tell her to try and make her kid less popular?
He's at USC, and his roommate is a friend from high school". While such ventures in high-end real estate markets remain beyond the means of most, parents with students attending school in traditionally less-expensive areas are benefiting -- or hoping to benefit -- from still-low mortgage rates and a steady stream of college kids less concerned with a building's aesthetics than with cheap rent.
Some parents like to say that having a kid makes you less selfish.
Because what I loved as a kid is far less effective to my adult sense.
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