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Few vs. Couple
Few
/fjuː/Examples:
I have a few good friends.Only a few people came to the party.
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Couple
/ˈkʌpəl/Examples:
They are a nice couple.Do you have a couple of minutes?
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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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