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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Please help with these sentences

A. Can you get me some more water/some more apples?
B. Can you get me a few/few more pencils?
C. Can you get me a little/little more ice?
Are the sentences above correct? And also what's the difference between 'few and little' and 'a few and a little' in the sentences? Please help. Thank you.
  

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A: Both are correct. B: a few more C: a little more a few more is used with countable nouns; a little more with non-countable

— Philip

  • A: Both are correct.
  • B: a few more C: a little more a few more is used with countable nouns; a little more with non-countable
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A: Both are correct.
B: a few more
C: a little more
a few more is used with countable nouns; a little more with non-countable
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You mean we can't say, "can you get me few more apples? (Just few not a few)
Could you check these sentences too, please?
A. She is some more beautiful than her.
B. She is few/many more beautiful than her.
Are these sentences correct? If not, then why? Because we can say she is much more beautiful than her.

My last question is, can we use quantitative adjectives with com
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No, Philip was correct that 'a few more' would be used in this case, because the apples are countable. "She is more beautiful than her." There are no items to count. Both "she" and "her" are single.
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I am not clear. Would you mind answering all the questions?
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