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Bn77 Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Few

Few of the people realize the importnace of practice.

--> is this sentence grammatical?
  

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Hello, I'd say no Go with : Only few people realize the importance of practice.

  • Hello, I'd say no Go with : Only few people realize the importance of practice.
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Hello,

I'd say no

Go with :

Only few people realize the importance of practice.
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Few of the people - we've already talked about which group of people we mean, few of them realize this. (Emphasizes just how few)

A few of the people - we've already talked about which group of people we man, and "a few" of them realize this. (Simply means a small number of these already-talked-about people, but doesn't emphasize the smallness of the number of them.

Few people

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