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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

the meaning of few

Hello.
My dictonary tells me that "a few" means a small number and "few" not many.
In the following sentence with "few", which interepretation is correct?

Every few steps, he fell down.

a.He was able to walk a small number of steps.
b.He was hardly able to walk.

Thank you.
  

Top answer

B.

  • B.
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