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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Modifiers

I have one question about the modifier of "
number," I remember my high school teacher told me to use "large" or "
small," neither "many" nor "few." Is it possible to use "few" as a
modifier?

Thanks

Sabina
  

Top answer

Hi, A large / small number of are considered elegant ways of saying many or a few respectively. Yet, it doesn't mean that either few or many is wrong. A few means a small number of .

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  • Hi, A large / small number of are considered elegant ways of saying many or a few respectively.
  • Yet, it doesn't mean that either few or many is wrong.
  • A few means a small number of .
  • 'I have a few questions about this matter' is an excellent example of using it correctly.
  • If somebody tells you that a few is wrong, tell him / her they had better check the dictionary first.
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Hi,

A large / small number of are considered elegant ways of saying many or a few respectively.

Yet, it doesn't mean that either few or many is wrong. A few means a small number of.

'I have a few questions about this matter' is an excellent example of using it correctly.

If somebody tells you that a few
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