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Everlastinghope Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Little for countable noun ?
I know that " few" is used with countable nouns and "little" for uncountable nouns,but what drives me mad is that I found a title of a lesson " Life's little lessons".Is this correct ?.
Lessons carries the "s" of the plural,can't we say "Life's few Lessons" ?
Lessons carries the "s" of the plural,can't we say "Life's few Lessons" ?
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It's perfectly correct, but "little" there refers to the size(maybe even importance) of the lessons, not how many of them there are.
- It's perfectly correct, but "little" there refers to the size(maybe even importance) of the lessons, not how many of them there are.
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It's perfectly correct, but "little" there refers to the size(maybe even importance) of the lessons, not how many of them there are.
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Yeah,I see.Little here has the meaning of small.Ex: 1-Look at this little boy.2-I don't need big cups but little cups.
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