THE QUANTIFIERS

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THE QUANTIFIERS
A few and few,
a little and little
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:

Examples"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:

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