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Allwynglad Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

'A FEW' and 'FEW'?

1u01b01i00A few02i00 of my friends were there in the theatre.02b02u02br
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01b01u01i00Few 02i00of my friends were there in the theatre.02u02br
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00Do these sentences mean the same?02br
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00Quite confused I am!02br
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00Please help....02br
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00Thanks in advance.0-
  

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0 Do these sentences mean the same? 01font 00No -02br 02br 02font 02br 01u 01b 01i 00A few02i 00 of my friends were there in the theatre. 02font 02br 02b 0-

— Feebs11

  • 0 Do these sentences mean the same?
  • 01font 00No -02br 02br 02font 02br 01u 01b 01i 00A few02i 00 of my friends were there in the theatre.
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0 Do these sentences mean the same? 01font00No -02br
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01u01b01i00A few02i00 of my friends were there in the theatre. 02b02u01b00 01font00There were some of my friends in the theatre.02font02b02br
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01cite10Allwynglad12cite11u11b11i10A few12i10 of my friends were there in the theatre.12b12u12br
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11b11u11i10Few 12i10of my friends were there in the theatre.12u12br
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10Do these sentences me
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0Hi guys!02br
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00You both are differentiating the two sentences by the words '01b00some02b00' and '01b00not many02b00'.02br
00I suppose, '01b00some02b00' and '01b00not many02b00' do not differ much in their meaning.02br
00If so, those sentences should mean
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0No, "few" emphasizes the 01i00smallness 02i00of the number. In fact, you could even be referring to the same number of people using "few" and "a few" but the emphasis is different.02br
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00When I got the party, a few people (three) were sitting a the bar. SOME02br
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00When I got the party, there were few people (three) who I k
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0 It was raining very heavily and yet a few friends turned up at my party. (It means I was glad that at least a few friends turned up despite the heavy rain. It was something positive.)02br
00The weather was very fine and yet few friends turned up at my party. (It means I was unhappy because few (=not many) friends turned up at my party although the weather was very fine. It was some
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0 Hi guys,02br
00Thanks for your help. 0-
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