few vs many
Definitions
adjective
- a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by `a'; a small but indefinite number
noun
- a small elite group
Examples
The warden of prisons was contacted for information on the convict's behavior on the chain gang, or in a few cases on the State Farm.
Mix together with as few stirs as possible - mixing too much will make the muffins too dense and heavy.
By the time harmony was a few centuries old, it began to shiver and shake from them.
Definitions
adjective
- a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by `as' or `too' or `so' or `that'; amounting to a large but indefinite number
Examples
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We had a gam one day, on this voyage, with a Yankee whale-ship, and a first-rate gam it was, for, as the Yankee had gammed three days before with another English ship, we got a lot of news second-hand; and, as we had not seen a new face for many months, we felt towards those Yankees like brothers, and swallowed all they had to tell us like men starving for news.
We laugh a lot and he has many anecdotes, funny, funny stories.
