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Perfect Stranger Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Grammar question no. 54: a few places and some places

Hello there,

Are both of the following sentences correct? It's a bit hard for me to catch the difference between these two:

1) I'd like to visit a few places.
2) I'd like to visit some places.

Thanks
  

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Perfect Stranger Are both of the following sentences correct? Yes. Perfect Stranger It's a bit hard for me to catch the difference between these two: There is little; they could be synonymous.

— Mister Micawber

  • Perfect Stranger Are both of the following sentences correct?
  • Yes.
  • Perfect Stranger It's a bit hard for me to catch the difference between these two: There is little; they could be synonymous.
  • In #1 the speaker is perhaps thinking more modestly of his visiting capacity.
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Perfect StrangerAre both of the following sentences correct?
Yes.
Perfect Stranger It's a bit hard for me to catch the difference between these two:
There is little; they could be synonymous. In #1 the speaker is perhaps thinking more modestly of his visiting capacity.
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Mister MicawberThere is little; they could be synonymous. In #1 the speaker is perhaps thinking more modestly of his visiting capacity.
Thanks... Is there any way I can learn to distinguish such subtleties?
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Perfect Stranger Is there any way I can learn to distinguish such subtleties?
It just takes experience—and the understanding that nuances vary from speaker to speaker.
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