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Milky Posted 19 years ago
Linguistics Studies

some few

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01cite10Mithunbarik12cite10I did not use it ( English is ESL for me)12blockquote
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0The Oxford English dictionary lists some few (01b00some few02b00 some but not many) but I don't think I have ever seen or heard it used.0-
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0 In my dialect, that would be grammatically incorrect. I've never heard that construction before. 0-
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01cite10Nona The Brit12cite10The Oxford English dictionary lists some few (11b10some few12b10 some but not many) but I don't think I have ever seen or heard it used.12br
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10It is used in West African English, but I don't know where else.0-
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01cite10Marvin A.12cite10In my dialect, that would be grammatically incorrect. I've never heard that construction before.12blockquote
10See post to Nona.0-
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01cite10Marvin A.12cite10In my dialect, that would be grammatically incorrect. I've never heard that construction before.12blockquote
10Just found these in the BNC:02br
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01cite10Nona The Brit12cite10The Oxford English dictionary lists some few (11b10some few12b10 some but not many) but I don't think I have ever seen or heard it used.12br
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11b01font00It makes sense, I know I've come across it, but it sounds arc
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11cite20Nona The Brit22cite22br
20The Oxford English dictionary lists some few (21b20some few22b20 some but not many) but I don't think I have ever seen or heard it used.22br
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0I don't find it entirely alien. It turns up in literary contexts, as mentioned, e.g.01blockquote
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