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Few vs. Couple
Few
/fjuː/Examples:
Fewer people means greater portions for those who remain.Few men would; but he of all others?It will only be a few more years now.
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Couple
/ˈkʌpəl/Examples:
She even felt a momentary sense of ingratitude coupled with pain.'Five couples - is the room big enough?'A couple of drivers wars there, talking about the races.
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Ways to tell them apart:
- A couple traditionally refers to two, just like a pair, which is commonly used in sentences involving two items.
- A few is more than two but not a large number, often interpreted as three to five.
- Think of couple as a counted pair, while few is used when you want to stress an indefinite small number beyond two.
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