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Dido4 Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

a few days ago / few days ago

What are the differences between these two?

1.I visited my uncle in Australia few days ago.

2. I visited my uncle in Australia a few days ago.

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#1 is an odd way of saying not many days ago . #2 is the normal way of saying several days ago .

  • #1 is an odd way of saying not many days ago .
  • #2 is the normal way of saying several days ago .
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#1 is an odd way of saying not many days ago. #2 is the normal way of saying several days ago.
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#2 not so many days ago, but yet more than in #1...

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Not necessarily, YoHf. #1 merely creates a negative or minimalist attitude toward the number of days, where #2 is an objective enumeration.

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