Weuse 'a/an' with several quantifiers: a little; a few; a lot (of) We also use 'no article' with several: little; few; lots (of) In many situations, we can choose to use 'a little' or 'little' (when using an uncountable noun) or 'a few' or 'few' (when using a plural countable noun). They have slightly different meanings. ('A lot' and 'lots 38. ( 12) Quantifiers. We use quantifiers: a little and a few to talk about quantity. These are used when talking about a small amount with countable and uncountable nouns. The table below shows which phrases are used to show a lot and not much/many. A lot. Not much/many. a lot of.

Few/ a few, little / a little are quantifiers. Here is how to use them correctly: Few,

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Here the word 'little' is used as a pronoun. In the example, 'The poet was little known in his country.' 'little' is used as an adverb. The word 'few', on the other hand, means a small number of something - not many and not enough. It is mainly used with plural nouns, for example, 'There were few people in the hall.'.

beforeplural nouns: few: not many: Few men turned up for work that day.: a few : some, several: I know quite a few people who have had the same problem.: before uncountable nouns: little: not much: I had little difficulty explaining the problem to her.: a little: some, a small amount: Would you like a little cheese to go with that wine?
Унього мало друзів і мало грошей. A few і a little вказують на невелику кількість чогось, але достатнє для мовця людини. Людина не відчуває жалю з приводу такої невеликої кількості. A few oc8sbcq.
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