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Joseph A Posted 7 years ago
Grammar
Grammar
Hello everyone,
Are the sentences below okay with "few", "a few", "need only", and "only need"?
1. We need only few onions.
2. We need only a few onions
3. We only need few onions.
4. We only need a few onions.
Regards,
JA
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2&4 are correct.
- 2&4 are correct.
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To a pedant like me, only #2 is both natural and correct, but I have to admit that #4 is acceptable to most native speakers these days.
#1 is grammatically correct, but not very natural. Most of us would say "We don't need many onions".
# 3 is neither naural nor correct.
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