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miss noor
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Please Help me ........... I am confused about .............
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hi ,
I have a question please help me
Why this phrase is correct a few questions
questions is plural
so why there is article a
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15 Mar 2009
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gioel
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because you�re refering to a quantity as a whole thing not to a number of questions
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15 Mar 2009
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helena2009
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few (SOME)
determiner, pronoun
1 a few (some, or a small number of something)
I need to get a few things in town.
There are a few cakes left over from the party.
We �ve been having a few problems with the new computer.
If you can �t fit all the cases in your car, I can take a few in mine.
"How many potatoes do you want?" "Oh, just a few, please."
NOTE: a few is used with countable nouns.
2 few (NOT MANY)
determiner, pronoun, noun, adjective
a small number, not many or not enough:
It was embarrassing how few people attended the party.
He is among the few people I can trust.
Very few people can afford to pay those prices.
We leave for France in a few days.
Few of the children can read or write yet.
Few things in this world give me more pleasure than a long bath.
Fewer people smoke these days than used to.
We get few complaints.
According to the survey, as few as 10% of us are happy with our jobs.
The benefits of this scheme are few.
NOTE: few is used with countable nouns.
LOOK at this:
A few expresses a positive idea. It indicates that something exists or is present.
Although she has been here only two weeks, she has already made a few friends.
This is a positive idea. She has made some friends.
Few gives a negative idea; they indicate that something is largely absent.
I feel sorry for her. She has few friends.
Negative idea: She does not have many friends; she has almost no friends.
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15 Mar 2009
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adina popa
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hi, there!
a few is a quantity word,meaning a small number of
a few can be used in front of countable nouns(questions is a countable noun)because it is a determiner: eg. We �re expecting a few friends round to dinner.
would you mind waiting a few moments?
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15 Mar 2009
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decspec
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"a few" is the same as "some". This expression is used with plural countable nouns (such as "questions"). "few" also exists, but it has a negative meaning: "few questions" is the same as "not many questions". The same happens with "little" and "a little".
I hope you find my explanation clear and useful!
Kisses
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15 Mar 2009
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miss noor
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thank you very much
i am confused with is rule
He is a keen manager
They are keen mangers
No article in the second one because the noun is plural |
15 Mar 2009
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miss noor
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thank you very much
i am confused with is rule
He is a keen manager
They are keen mangers
No article in the second one because the noun is plural |
15 Mar 2009
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miss noor
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thank you very much
i am confused with is rule
He is a keen manager
They are keen mangers
No article in the second one because the noun is plural |
15 Mar 2009
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Silvy_E
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The verb must agree with the noun sing-sing plural-plural. Keen is not a noun.
I don �t know if that �s your question.
Bye now,
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15 Mar 2009
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HARIM
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We never use an indifinite article before plurals.
But in your sentence,the article modifies the quantifier"few" not the noun"questions"
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15 Mar 2009
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