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Difference between "a few minutes" and "few minutes" [duplicate]
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“A few” vs. “few”
What is the difference between "a few minutes" and "few minutes"?
For instance, how do these statements differ?
She has a few ...
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Why are "quite few" and "quite a few" opposites? [duplicate]
Consider these two sentences:
How many people came? Quite few.
How many people came? Quite a few.
The first means few people came (less than expected), the second means many (more than expected). ...
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When do we're say " a few" instead of few? [duplicate]
When do we use 'a few'instead of 'few'? For example, why is it incorrect to say "I have few dollars left" instead of "I have a few dollars left"? Most people reason it should be few dollars because "...
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What is the actual difference in the following statements [duplicate]
Sentence 1:
Many Hindus study Sanskrit,but only a few Parsees study Avesta.
Sentence 2:
Many Hindus study Sanskrit,but only few Parsees study Avesta.
I fail to understand the difference ...
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A few chairs or few chairs? [duplicate]
I was wondering why we use the article "a" before few? For example, why we say a few chairs instead of few chairs? Is it similar to the word "a lot"? We say a lot of chairs instead ...
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Why does the adjective "few" change the plurality of the noun it modifies? [duplicate]
"If you can spare me a few minutes" is, to the best of my knowledge, proper English. Yet the article "a" does not match the noun "minutes". Unless few here is a noun. ...
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What's the difference between a few, few, the few [closed]
What's the difference between a few, few, the few?
Which one is formal or informal?
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"It took me all of ten minutes to find out" - what does "all of" mean?
The sentence: "It took me all of ten minutes to find out"
What does "all of" mean here exactly?
Is it mainly used in a sarcastic context?
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When should I use "a little" and when "a few"? [closed]
Hassan spent ages cooking it.
OK OK. I'm goimg to eat ___ just to be polite.
Is that (a) a little or (b) a few?
Is there a rule to choose which word to use?
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Quantifiers like few, a few, etc
I came across a question in my book of whose answer I did not find satisfactory. Please help me
Q) Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.
The guest stood quietly for (few moments).
The answer ...
