Amanda: I hope you don't feel obligated to entertain me. Jude's only gone for a couple days. (2 days, right?)
Lex: I don't believe in obligations. (He doesn't feel obligated?)Besides, your fiancé did me a favor. I wasn't looking forward to a night out on my own. (He wasn't eager to get out alone?)
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Hi, Amanda: I hope you don't feel obligated to entertain me. Jude's only gone for a couple days . ) Not necessarily 2.
— Clive
Hi, Amanda: I hope you don't feel obligated to entertain me.
Jude's only gone for a couple days .
) Not necessarily 2.
A few days.
Lex: I don't believe in obligations .
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Jude's only gone for a couple days. (2 days, right?)Not necessarily 2. A few days. How can you know when a person means two or few when they use 'couple'? Do you refer to the 'of' (couple of)? Or the use of 'a' (a couple)? Like this for