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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
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Hi,
I think the error is "few" but I don't know how to correct it because I don't understand clearly the meaning of the sentence. Help me to understand the sentence more clearly.
There's not much flour left but you're welcome to what few there is.
Many thanks for you!
Nhat Minh.
I think the error is "few" but I don't know how to correct it because I don't understand clearly the meaning of the sentence. Help me to understand the sentence more clearly.
There's not much flour left but you're welcome to what few there is.
Many thanks for you!
Nhat Minh.
Top answer
Flour is a substance; therefore, the noun flour is uncountable. few goes with countable nouns; little goes with uncountable nouns. So you need to change few to little : There's not much flour left but you're welcome to what little there is .
- Flour is a substance; therefore, the noun flour is uncountable.
- few goes with countable nouns; little goes with uncountable nouns.
- So you need to change few to little : There's not much flour left but you're welcome to what little there is .
- = Not much flour remains, but you can take the small amount of flour that remains.
- CJ
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Flour is a substance; therefore, the noun flour is uncountable.
few goes with countable nouns; little goes with uncountable nouns.
So you need to change few to little:
There's not much flour left but you're welcome to what little there is.
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Not much flour remains, but you can take the small amount of flour that
few goes with countable nouns; little goes with uncountable nouns.
So you need to change few to little:
There's not much flour left but you're welcome to what little there is.
=
Not much flour remains, but you can take the small amount of flour that
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