Talking About Quantity in English – A FEW, A LITTLE, FEW, LITTLE

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Murat

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Charles

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Ana V.

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marta

dear Alex, I like your lessons you’re a good teacher, why you said I have a little money why isn’t I have a few money, because you can said I have one dollar, two dollars

chino89

I said this because money is actually a non-count noun. You can count dollars and cents, but you can’t count the noun money.

For example, you can say “one dollar,” two dollars,” but you can’t say “one money,” “two monies.”

Because you can’t say “two monies,” you can use “few” or “a few,” because they are only used with count nouns.

Alex

You said:
Because you can’t say “two monies,” you can use “few” or “a few,” because they are only used with count nouns.
– I assume you meant to say: you cannot use ‘few’ or ‘a few’…!

Chris

i want you explain about a few, few, a little, and little again.
because i remember that little is negative meaning, all right? why this sentence.ex I have little time for rude people (it’s a positive?)

samnang

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helen

Dear Alex.
How about lot of and a lot of these are same like few and a few?

alex_sfr

what’s the diffirence betweent “few” and “a few”

Jessie2009

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raul

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aleem

Hello,

That mean I can use (a few) and (a lettle) with positive sence.
And (few) , (lettle) with negative sence.

Thanks a lot.

Shaker

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narendra

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alrooh

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Ayesha

Thank you for your explanation about the their differeneces.

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thaiquochung

Ok, now understand it, thanks

sebastiangregori

hello alex!!

Thanks for this wonderful lesson. I had few confusions to use the words FEW,A FEW, LITTLE, A LITTLE. U clear them out. But anyway , Would u like to correct my upper sentence which i have write down with word FEW… :) Please RSVP. :)

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liza

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ketsada

Thank you so much for this highly informative lecture. But i want to ask you one question and that is you said in the lecture that we cannot count money but when we say that we have one Rupee, two rupee and so on aren’t we counting the money? plz sir reply to my question bcoz it is very confusing. thak you.

aresha

Money is actually a non-count noun. You can count dollars and cents, but you can’t count the noun money.

For example, you can say “one dollar,” two dollars,” but you can’t say “one money,” “two monies.”

You can have “little” or “a little” money, but you can’t have “few” or “a few” monies. On the other hand, you can have “few” or “a few” dollars, but you can’t have “little” or “a little” dollars, because dollar is a count noun.

I hope this helps!

Alex

so your talking about the money in word? not in money that you can count.

alicia reyes

Dear Alex, thank you for making so easy to understand the diference betwen “few” and “a few”, also “little” and “a little”.
I know that you do not make the rule but for me, and for “aresha” too, the money are the most count-able thing in this world.
Do you have any money, do you have some money let me know how many or how much? At this point it is confused for me.

Gimmi

The teacher is saying money is general and cannot be counted. But money is made up of dollars and cents. So, a person does not count one money, two monies. But you can count 1 dollar and 2 dollars.
I have a little money. I only have a few dollars and a few cents.

I drank a little water. I drank a few drops of water. I drank a few ounces. I drank a few sips.
When the general term like water can be broken down into small units of measurement, then one can count.

Hope this helps.

moneyface

The explanation is GREAT!!! thank you !

Judith

wow! thank your for your useful lesson!! i appreciate it.
i have a quesetion for you..
i took 5 questions after your lesson
but i got a wrong answer.
“She has few ideas.” is this noun” ideas” a count noun?
thank you:)

eunahhwang

Ideas is a count noun. You can have one idea, two ideas, three ideas, etc.

I hope this helps!

Alex

Is idea countable or uncountable noun? How about CD? why few ideas and not a few CD? thank you

aganda

You can say “a few CDs,” because “few” and “a few” means more than one. You must use a plural count noun to use “few” and “a few.” CD is a count noun. You can have one CD, two CDs, three CDs, etc.

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Tauseef

Good lesson alex ! I have had a mistake too, because I thougt that idea is uncountable word. Now, I must think twice, before tick the correct answer !
Thank a lot !

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kurt

Hi, Alex!
Can we apply rule about positive and negative sentence(with and without “a”) for 1th and 2th examples:
I read a few pages(fact without emotion)
I read few pages(i want read more and more, I regret, but I must go to work) or
I drank little water(i want drink one more glass)

It’s right or folly?
^Thank you^

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Daniele

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demir

Hi Alex,
What would you put her- a few or few:
We have been to Turkey …. times now, and we always enjoy it.

Would appreciate your help,
Kira

Kira

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raj

THANKS SIR,very good lesson……i have a query about the use of ‘the little’ and ‘the few’ too…are their usages similar??

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ali

Thank you, it is a good lesson

william

One comment about the ‘few/a few’ and ‘little/a little’ topic:
Consider these two sentences:
1. There is little merit in your argument
2. Few people would challenge the giant
Can these two statements include nothing/zero in the implied meanings? That is, can ‘little merit’ include ‘no merit’? Same for few.

Chris

The lesson was very clear.Many thanks

manar

Hi Alex!Nice to see you again:)i’ve one more question about using “a little”and “little”.For exampla,I’ve seen a nice t-shirt,and i want to buy it,but i havn’t enough maney,and i say:”I’ve LITTLE maney”but if i had enough maney i would say”i’ve A LITTLE maney”-is it correct?

Emil Ibrahimov

I have had a litle knowledge of a few, a little, few, little but I very confuse when using them. Now my mind is clear about them after your lesson. Thank you very much.

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please explain about the difference between me and I

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Hi Alex,
Hi Alex,
How are you? I’m fine!
I have curious about this lesson title. Using a few and few i a little and little.
Why did you use “i” instead “and” in a middle of the title ?

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Hi Alex:

How is that idea is a count noun?

Elkranz

Can u please teach the difference between which and what?
Many thxs.Do you say which color is this or what color is this?

zuzu

I hope to know how to diffrentiate between a few and few as well as little and a little. Now I knew when can we use little or few and in which sentence.

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non-acount noun!
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nurly100

Hi Mr.Alex
You said really brief lesson about a few, a little.I have few questions to you, i hope you would like to answer!Thank you
1. A few is used in special negative for countnoun?example: Can i have a few apples?

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maun

hallo;sir
my name is yara i am a new student i heard this lesson but i got difficulties in second qestion because for me i thought that IDEAS IS NOT COUNT NOUN SO WHY WE PUT FEW NOT LITTLE.THANKS IN ADVANCE

yara

Dear Alex sir
Sometimes we also use The Little and The Few
Can you please clarify that too ?

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Why can’t we use few for few money instead of little money.You mentioned few is used for countable

Test

It has always been a bit confusing for me! Thanks for talking about it in a clear and easy way. What the usage of “a bit”?

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Rakesh singh

hi,
I’m a little bit confuse i thought I cant use few for non count noun. Thanks

Mig

Hi Mig,

You are correct. “Few” and “A few” are for count nouns. Did I say something different somewhere in the lesson?

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kamal ramalah

Sir,money is countable,then why is it used with little?

fasna

We cannot say “one money, two monies, three monies.” You can count dollars, cents, yen, etc., but you can not count the term “money” itself.

Alex

I am afraid,your explanation is not so clear for non-native speakers. I explain in a different and simple way. Few is opposite to many and a few is a little bit more than few. Little is opposite to much, and a little is a little bit more than little.

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ahmad

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Thanks.

Khan

Hi Khan,

You can see an explanation of can, could, and be able to here:

https://www.engvid.com/expressing-ability-can-could-be-able-to/

Enjoy!

Alex

I appreciate it for that. It’s really benefit.

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Could you give us a lesson about the difference between: Than and Then

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lynn

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Eliete

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babar

hello mr alex it a very helpful lesson thanks alot

but why in the quiz you have a few penny is wrong

mohamed

Hi mohamed,

“penny” is singular. “A few” must be followed with a plural count noun. If the answer said “You have few pennies,” it would have been okay.

Alex

hello Mr Alex;i am really grateful;but i just want to shed light on this:when we talk about count-nn and the opposite ,i think we say:countable nouns,and uncountable nouns…nout count-nouns and non-count???please give me an answer to that

abdel

abdel,

it depends who you talk to. :) Sometimes I call them “count” and “non-count” nouns, and sometimes I call them “countable” and “uncountable” nouns. It’s the same thing, and just two ways to talk about the same thing.

Alex

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engVid

Dear Alex sir
Sometimes we also use The Little and The Few
Can you please clarify that too ?

I shall be thankful for giving a hand to me.

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atifdave

why in english that people said IN QUESTION
THERE IS
(a little bread)
and (a little cake)??.we can count a bread 7 cake is countable .

shayma EL

Hello!
Thank you for the lesson. I understand everything, but i still have a question with using “a few of”. Sometimes they say “a few”+ sth and sometimes “a few of” + sth. Can you help?

Tanya

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papito

I’m thankfull to you,that you delivered your lecturer very precisely.But i’m still confused to know that little money,& few lemon?

Magray

why our teacher said cake and bread is uncountable take (a little),so why can you explane we can say one bread two bread,and cake also.
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alamiub4506

I didn’t understand the difference between a little and little, a few and few. And now I understand.
Thank you.

Hanna

hai
very interesting and useful for everyone.

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thank you for that class,you are a very good teacher,,,,,,i have a problem with a little money or little money:why you say a little money i think you say a few money because you can count the money,,i can say one peney,two peney ,,,three peney,,,please help me teacher in that confusion,,,,,,GOD BLESS YOU

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Thanks for you help Alex!
I like very much of your classes!

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thanks for all the lesson that you have, this is useful for every one who want to know the proper use of polite English.

Erfs

Hello Alex,
Your explanation is very good and useful.
Could you please explain what’s different between “Kind of” and “Sort of”??

Thanks a lot,
Sholpan

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what is the diffrence between a lot of and alot and lots of

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saif

Hi, I am a TESL student at the moment and my post-secondary education is in linguistics. We were given a list of “difficult questions students will ask” the other day and little vs a little and few vs a few was part of it. Would you happen to know why we have a positive connotation associated with a few/a little? I was thinking about syntax, but a former classmate of mine suggested it might be related to pragmatics… Thanks in advance!

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cesar24

what about work?
That company have little work?
that words are synonyms of little work?

berni

This lesson is wonderful.now i understand the difference between a few and few

Andrew

Hi Alex thank you for the lesson
but I have question. How can I know if the sentences mean you have more or less for example: I have a little sugar

How can I notice the different ? may be the sentences mean you have more ?

Tomorrow I have major in grammar.

Wadiah

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viperman

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ramesh

Thank you very much sir Alex..
but I have question about(Ideas)
can you explain to us please..??
I think (Ideas) is un countable..
ex:advice is (un countable)..
we can’t say advices

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Alex

correcting the previous comment. sorry I wrote the teacher’s name instead of mine

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form india.

surinder

thank you a lot ,very useful and i got it (*^__^*)

26夜

its is superb explanation of few/a few and little/a little .. but there is a question raised in my mind that is ” can we use few/little in negative or affirmative sentences” like i write ‘i have few books’ so can we write this sentence as ‘i haven’t few book’ or we can write this as ‘ i haven’t any books’.

shabab shahjahan

Thanks¡¡ from Spain very interesting at last I understand

learning

thanks so much ..really ..i wasn’t understand them before ,but in your video …. you have a way in your explanation it’s easy and flexible

thanks Alex :D

Sara

I thank you very much.I don’t understand the difference b/n them. Girum form Ethiopia(Origin of Human Being)

Girum

great lesson,thanks

rabbani

Hi, Alex! Thank you for lesson.
Couldn’t you help me?
” Oh,we have little time!” Does it mean that we are late for…plane, and we have no time to get airport?

Gennadiy

Hi,Alex I don´t understand why the sentence”My aunt has few food in her refrigerator”is incorrect.Could you help me,please?

epiblue

It’s quite difficult but you’re helping a lot. Greetings from the Czech republic.

Petr

Thank you teacher ….(*^_^*) huuuuh so difficult for me…….

lyaeaong

thank you so much, Alex, for the clear explanation!)))))) I got it!:)

katerynakoziar

thank you so much Mr.Alex …
this lesson very useful to me and this lesson so much fun and I can understand with fast . I gor it now. :-D

rizky

Plz tell me we should use here “little” or “few”
I have a ______ money in my wallet

Ali

You should use “little” because money is non-count. You can’t say “I have one money” or “I have two monies.” You can count dollars, pesos, etc. but not money.

Alex

What about if someone says “you had a few mistakes”? Is it better then “you had few mistakes”? Which of them means that I had fewer mistakes?

Victor004

Thanx sir. This lesson is very helpful

Ali

Hi!
My question is: did you think about flower (one flower,two flowers….. quiz point 3) becuse I thought about flower (we use it for baking)
In my case it is correct, I think.
Your lessons are very helpful.Tks.

jadwiga

5 correct out of 5.I rock!! :)

poslegg

By the way, Mr.Alex. Can you help me understand the following sentence?
“Do I have to get ready now? Yes, it´s time we went.”
Why do we use “went” instead of “go”?
I didn’t get it.

poslegg

Hi Alex. I’m from Poland like you. As you know in our language we don’t have a difference between little and few in positive and negative meaning. It’s easy to understand but probably more difficulty to use if I’m not native speaker. Good Luck!

Marek

thank you so much for this lesson although I’m still not confident about this topic it still makes me confused but the lesson was truly helpful

elaena90

Thank you so much for this great lesson

Emin

Thank you for the lessons, they are very helpful.
:-)
My score is 5/5.

Bonzu

What is the difference in meaning between a little in theses two sentences below: –
I have a little watch
I have a little time
Another question please, Many ELLs, especially those who are immersed in English classes, overuse the expression a lot (of). While this expression is correct in informal language, what are some words or phrases that all students should use to express this same idea in formal writing or speaking?

luma

You can’t say ” I have a little watch.” Because , watch is a countable noun.
“I have a little time” is correct. Time is an uncountable nouns.You can’t count the time.
Good days.

yavuzafsar

thanks for your lessons!

ulbala90

Thanks teacher!

nedevargas

Thanks a lot for explanation. It’s was very understandable )))

mohinur

Thank you. Techer Alex.

Commando 27/53

you’re the best alex thanks egain , .

hind

thank you alex.
I have got full mark,but explain me (bit,little bit)please.
Thank you again.

englishforenglish

Thank you

fakhranda

You have a lot of good teachers!

nurgisa86

Tanks one more time, Alex. You’re a great teacher. My best wishes for you.

marjori1802

Thank you Alex! I grasped the lesson.

sgmmm

I don’t understand. Why sentence ” you have a few penny ” is not correct?

Aekanta

The answer should be “you have a few pennies” because “penny” is a countable noun whereas “money” is not.

EX: You have a few dollars/quarters/nickles/pennies.
But, you have a little money.

Lfabian2013

oh, yes

Riaz Muad

thank u i got 5 of 5
this is first lesson for me

heba elkady

thanks! good lesson

datru

Hi Alex! this is my first time! I love Engvid, you’re the best!
I’d like to know what’s the difference between theses sentences, which one is wrong and why.
1)Suppose you’d like to give A LITTLE money as a gift.
2)Suppose you’d like to give LITTLE money as a gift.
3)We had A FEW problems finding seats at the theather.
4)We had FEW problems finding seats at the theather.
I’ll really appreciate if you help me to get rid of this confusion.

Bettuglio

this lesson’s very helpful. thank you so much!

mynmyn

thanks, very useful

Ivans1981

Good lesson dear Alex. Thanks

Miramis

100/100 thanks

Hieu123456789

useful lesson, thank you

Velvet55

I think “I own a few CD” is correct too. Can you teach me why it’s not?

arielk

ne CD is sangular we must say CDs

abdo2

someone help me to understand about differnt between ‘
little’ and ‘a little’ ??

zohaib baloch

Great explanation!Thnx)

fancyinna

Thanx a lot alex not a little

Jm.jafari

Thanks alex :) it was an important lesson… I ask you to do a lesson about economic expressions .. vocabulary … or anything related with economy and economic crisis
It will be a good lesson and I will really appreciate that teacher :)
My regards

aboood1994

Hi Alex! I have question about point 3 what mean penny (it is coin or unit of money equal 1/100 of a dollar). Why answer a few is incorrect?
Thanks!

IGORKIR

It is a coin. One penny cannot be a few pennies.

Egghead

thank you Alex. Your lessons are very useful

Aigul Adan

Thank you Alex for your lesson

KHERIFI

Hi, Alex! thanks so much for ur simple and available explanation!

aitidru

Thanks Alex for your free lessons. It’s very useful and help me so much.

cherry0103

…thnx, nice lesson

Nazarii Ivankiv

Your lectures have a really good influence on me.

Radoica

You are the best :D Thanks a lot (y)

Gemmy Nguyen

I have got 100

Ibrahim Younis

Thanks a lot Alex to make clear few, a few , little , a little. No confuse anymore.Great help .

haphuong

Thank you very much

Vivimi

Is it the same when we are talking about feelings? like:
I’m feeling a little better now :)
i’m feeling little better now (I was feeling much better before) :(

cec90's

THANKS FOR THE LESSON AND THE QUIZ. WHY CAN’T WE SEE OUR MISTAKES’ REASONS?

anilayeda

Thanx Alex, very useful lesson

tacagero

5/5 100% waw iwon ;)

djimi92

What about if someone says “you had a few mistakes”? Is it better then “you had few mistakes”? Which of them means that I had fewer mistakes?

Victor004

thanks………..

ghafaari

Merci Alex pour cette bonne révision.

beernaard

thanks man . you solved my problem

m3hdi.sajjadi

wonderful lecture!
Thank you so much Sir.
You are a great teacher.

Amisha Grover

Thank You

Jishnu Thejus

Thanks, this lesson was very helpful.

SUKRUT JAIDEE

very good lesson
i got 100%
thanks alex

k.abed

thanks

Khalid AL Nofli

Thank you for this great lesson.

Worawitoo

thanks

younes32

Thumbnail lol ?

Colorado16

Alex Great !!!

melany

Hi, I have one question about noun ”month/s”. What about ”A few months ago” and ”Few months ago”, is it possible to say ”few months ago”? I think the first one is correct and the 2nd one is used in order to talk about months which are left and cannot be used with adverb ”ago”, e.g. ”We have few months to finish our task”, but ”A few months ago I’ve started to learn English.” Is that correct? Thank you.

Laamelie

Very useful lesson indeed Alex, thanks !!!

DylaCR

thank you for good lesson

Lida Asilyan

Thank you. Very clear and useful lesson.

BarbieinUSA

Both “little/a little” and “a few/ few” refer to a small quantity of non-count and count nouns respectively. I often use “a little” or “a few” when I definitely know I have some and “little” or “few” when I don’t know how much I have. Please correct me if I was wrong. I’m 60 and still learning new things every day.

Very helpful lesson. Thank you, Alex.

Lfabian2013

Great! Thank you Alex!

Jonathas Wilhem

Thanks！

shihai182

I got 5 out of 5. Thanks for lesson

zahrahassan

Great confusion gone away.

ddvaghela

Thanks for the lesson! I’ve found one other way to determine which word to use with article or not. If it’s enough then we use an article. If it’s not enough then we don’t.