so few means so few people, such a small number of people. so many means so many people, such a large number of people. The writer is trying to be amusing by taking these phrases from a famous line in a speech by Winston Churchill in which he thanked the handful of British plots who defeated Germany in the WWII Battle of Britain.
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so few means so few people, such a small number of people.
so many means so many people, such a large number of people.
The writer is trying to be amusing by taking these phrases from a famous line in a speech by Winston Churchill in which he thanked the handful of British plots who defeated Germany in the WWII Battle of Britain.
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