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Several vs. Multiple
Several
/ˈsevərəl/Examples:
She has several books on her desk.We tried several different flavors of ice cream.
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Multiple
/ˈmʌltəpəl/Examples:
He has multiple dogs at home.The project has multiple challenges to overcome.
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Ways to tell them apart:
- Several is often used when the number can be counted or is relatively small, think several apples, several days'.
- Multiple implies many or more than a few, think multiple reasons, multiple occurrences.
- Remember that several usually feels more limited than multiple.
- Several suggests more than two but not a large number, whereas multiple could indicate a large or diverse range.
- Use several when you want to emphasize a distinct countability without specificity, and multiple when the count is larger or the emphasis is on variety.
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