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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

little or few

There are as few/little as 2 games left in the playoffs and as many as 4.

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few In polished writing, write small numbers in words ("two", "four"). I'm not certain I understand the sentence. It seems contradictory to me at first.

  • few In polished writing, write small numbers in words ("two", "four").
  • I'm not certain I understand the sentence.
  • It seems contradictory to me at first.
  • Do you mean that some teams have two games left while others have four?
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few

In polished writing, write small numbers in words ("two", "four").

I'm not certain I understand the sentence. It seems contradictory to me at first. Do you mean that some teams have two games left while others have four?
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Depending on whether to home team wins tonight, there are as few/little as 2 games left in the playoffs and as many as 4 if the home team loses.

The first team to win four games, wins the series, the home team has won 2 games, the away team has won 1 game. If the home team win the next 2 games, the series will be over. If the away team win s a game. The series will be ties at 2 games all,
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Sorry, I don't understand your explanation of the scoring detail. It seems illogical to me. However, to try to answer your question, perhaps you can say this:

Depending on the outcome of tonight's game, there may be as few as two more games left in the playoffs or as many as four.

However, "as few as ... as many as ..." is often used for a larger range of possibilities, especiall

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