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Fersamal Posted 21 years ago
Grammar
Determiners
0 Why can you not use the determiner 'little' before countable nouns? 0-
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0 Welcome to English Forums! 02 br 02 br 00 You 01 u 00 can 02 u 00 use "little" before countable nouns -- when it means "small". 02 br 02 br 00 Five little boys were playing in the yard.
- 0 Welcome to English Forums!
- 02 br 02 br 00 You 01 u 00 can 02 u 00 use "little" before countable nouns -- when it means "small".
- 02 br 02 br 00 Five little boys were playing in the yard.
- 02 br 02 br 00 But not when it means "not many", "few": 02 br 02 br 00 *We saw little elephants and even littler giraffes on our safari.
- 05 0 02 br 00 Should be: We saw few elephants and even fewer giraffes on our safari.
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0 Welcome to English Forums! 02 br
02 br
00 You 01 u 00 can 02 u 00 use "little" before countable nouns -- when it means "small". 02 br
02 br
00 Five little boys were playing in the yard. 02 br
02 br
00 But not when it means "not many", "few": 02 br
02 br
00 *We saw little elephants and even littler giraffes on
02 br
00 You 01 u 00 can 02 u 00 use "little" before countable nouns -- when it means "small". 02 br
02 br
00 Five little boys were playing in the yard. 02 br
02 br
00 But not when it means "not many", "few": 02 br
02 br
00 *We saw little elephants and even littler giraffes on
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