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Snappy Posted 5 years ago
Grammar

A few/the few/few

The few parks that we have are in poor condition.
In my understanding, this sentence means "We have a few parks and they are in poor condition."

A few parks that we have are in poor condition.
This means "A few parks are in poor condition. We have these parks." There may be some more parks owned by them.

Few parks that we have are in poor condition.
This means "Only a few parks of ours are in poor condition." They may own some more parks that are not in poor condition.

However, I am not a native speaker of English. I'd like to hear native speakers' opinions.

  

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Snappy The few parks that we have are in poor condition. It means that we do not have very many parks, and they are in poor condition. Other places have more parks that we do.

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  • Snappy The few parks that we have are in poor condition.
  • It means that we do not have very many parks, and they are in poor condition.
  • Other places have more parks that we do.
  • It's a shame.
  • Snappy A few parks that we have are in poor condition.
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SnappyThe few parks that we have are in poor condition.

It means that we do not have very many parks, and they are in poor condition.
Other places have more parks that we do. It's a shame.

SnappyA few parks that we have are in poor condition.

We have a lot of parks. Most are in good condition, but a small pe

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The few parks that we have are in poor condition. We only have a few parks. They are all in poor condition.

By adding the word 'few', the speaker is stressing that we do not have enough parks.


Now compare this sentence. The parks that we have are in poor condition. We have parks. They are all in poor condition.


Clive

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