FEW OR LITTLE?
There are two or three (few-many-much-little) things that need to be looked at on the International Space Station .
I think both few & little are OK. Am I right?
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As soon as you use numbers, you can't simply add other number-based words like 'much', 'few' or 'many'. They can only be used in certain ways. If you use 'little' in the above sentence, it makes sense - purely because 'little' modifies 'things' rather than determines how many of them there are.
- As soon as you use numbers, you can't simply add other number-based words like 'much', 'few' or 'many'.
- They can only be used in certain ways.
- If you use 'little' in the above sentence, it makes sense - purely because 'little' modifies 'things' rather than determines how many of them there are.
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As soon as you use numbers, you can't simply add other number-based words like 'much', 'few' or 'many'. They can only be used in certain ways.
If you use 'little' in the above sentence, it makes sense - purely because 'little' modifies 'things' rather than determines how many of them there are.
0Omar AhmedI think both few & little are OK. Am I right?
There are two or three (few-many-much-little) things that need to be looked at on the International Space Station.
No. I assume "two or three" must be included in your sentence.
This means you need to choose between the following:
two or three few things
two or three many
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