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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

A few and few a little and little a lot of and lots of

Can someone explain that which one is used for countable things and which for uncountable? And also little and a little and alot of and lots of thank you.
  

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"A few and few a little and little a lot of and lots of" looks at first like a string of gibberish. If you use punctuation then it is clear what you are asking about: "A few" and "few"; "a little" and "little"; "a lot of" and "lots of". g.

  • "A few and few a little and little a lot of and lots of" looks at first like a string of gibberish.
  • If you use punctuation then it is clear what you are asking about: "A few" and "few"; "a little" and "little"; "a lot of" and "lots of".
  • g.
  • "(a) few apples".
  • g.
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"A few and few a little and little a lot of and lots of" looks at first like a string of gibberish. If you use punctuation then it is clear what you are asking about: "A few" and "few"; "a little" and "little"; "a lot of" and "lots of".
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"a few" and "few" are used with countable things, e.g. "(a) few apples".

In the sense of "a small quantity of", which I guess is what you intend

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