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The Quantifiers-A few and few, a little and little - Quantifiers | English Grammar - English Free Test|Englishfreetest.com

The Quantifiers-A few and few, a little and little - Quantifiers | English Grammar - English Free Test



These expressions show the speaker's attitude towards the quantity he/she is referring to.

A few (for countable nouns) and a little (for uncountable nouns) describe the quantity in a positive way:

Example
  • "I've got a few friends" (= maybe not many, but enough)
  • "I've got a little money" (= I've got enough to live on)

Few and little describe the quantity in a negative way:

Example
  • Few people visited him in hospital (= he had almost no visitors)
  • He had little money (= almost no money)