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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
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Few exceptions

Hello. Is the usage of the expression 'few exceptions' bad English?

If are exceptions, it is clear that they are few, but it seems to me better to write 'with few exceptions' than 'with exceptions'.

Thank you!!!
  

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Anonymous Is the usage of the expression 'few exceptions' bad English? ] If there are exceptions, it is clear that [they/there] are few, but it seems to me better to write 'with few exceptions' than 'with exceptions'. It's OK as shown.

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  • Anonymous Is the usage of the expression 'few exceptions' bad English?
  • ] If there are exceptions, it is clear that [they/there] are few, but it seems to me better to write 'with few exceptions' than 'with exceptions'.
  • It's OK as shown.
  • there are few = there are not many CJ
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AnonymousIs the usage of the expression 'few exceptions' bad English? [No.]
If there are exceptions, it is clear that [they/there] are few, but it seems to me better to write 'with few exceptions' than 'with exceptions'.
It's OK as shown.

there are few = there are not many
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