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Poll: How many is a few? Pages 1 2 NEXT | |
Depends. A few usually is 3-5 for me, but a few can be up to 10, too. | |
Maybe they are making themes to go along with each weeks article which I think is pretty cool. Now I must ask did you just make this entire thread to complain about the site theme? OT: I always considered a few to be 3, a couple to be 2, and one is the loneliest number. | |
Other: Two is a couple, twelve is a dozen so three to eleven is a few. Edit: The site seems fine to me. | |
A little more than a couple, slightly less than a bunch. | |
A couple is two, so I consider a few to be 3 Why are we talking about this? | |
I always thought it was meant to be ambiguous. Otherwise you'd have an exact number to quote :P. Addendum: [1] I think it's themis-media.com (in my case cdn.themis-media.com) that needs to be unblocked, or at least whitelisted. | |
A few is less than a bunch, but more than a bundle. Or, in laments terms: 3. | |
I say it depends on the subject. | |
couple = 2 | |
Depends. Physical things and abstract concepts are different. Generally "a few" is 3-7 for physical things. For abstract concepts like time...
..."a few minutes" is anywhere between 7-15 minutes to me at least. | |
A few is more than two, generally less than twelve.
Several does not start at 4. If there were four chocolates in a box I would not say that there were several. | |
I wouldn't refer to having an add blocker if I were you. Wouldn't risk it. OT: like many have said I would say 3 or more up to about a dozen or so. [1] I think it's themis-media.com (in my case cdn.themis-media.com) that needs to be unblocked, or at least whitelisted. | |
A few is 3, but the way I see it, if you mean to say 3 why not just say 3? It's a perfectly good number and doesn't need a language equivalent. | |
I'd say about three or four. | |
A few to me means like 500 headshots in Call of Duty. OT: I think its 3-5 because 2 is a couple. | |
I think of it as less than 6, but more than 1. | |
I would. I wouldn't say there were a few either, because a few is definitively 3 in my book; just like a couple is always 2. Neat topic. | |
It could be between 3 and 7, although it really depends on context, unlike several which is always about 6-10. | |
A few would be an indefinite number that can vary slightly depending on what you're talking about, but generally is about three. I wouldn't call anybody wrong that used the term a few to describe any number from 2 to about 8ish. 10 is absolutely never a few though. Next would be several, that would vary in the range of 4 to 12ish. Usually it would refer to about 5 or 6 though. Past that it gets even more vague. You have "quite a few", or "a bunch", or "a lot". They all basically just mean more than several. A couple and a dozen are different sorts of things, not fit for comparison because they refer to exact numbers. 2 and 12, respectively of course. | |
I've always used it to mean "more than a couple, less than half a dozen". That's just my take on it though, it's still pretty much the couple/dozen thing. | |
Few is 3 or 4. But a FAIR few is anything from 4 to 11. That;s a rule of mine. Calumon: I just say "A bunch." ^^ | |
Always 2. It must be 2. | |
I would say a few mintures if I meant 10 at most but we can chock that up to time OCD.
I would. Weird how things that can be so clear cut in your own head are really abstract when it comes to a group idea. | |
A few, to me, is three or four, nothing more.
Two is a couple~ | |
4-9 | |
Less than a shitload but more than a couple. | |
It's relative. If it's "how many guitars do I have?", a few is three. If it's "how many blue whales still live?", then a few is around (checking...) 8,000. | |
I've always seen it as greater than 2, yet less than a dozen. So none of those except for 'other.' | |
3 to 7 | |
A few is 1-4, several is 5-9, pack 10-19, lots 20-49 etc. I'd thought this was agreed upon in HoM&M 3 (possibly earlier, I wasn't around back then though :P) | |
More than a couple and less than a bit. | |
More then 2. | |
if I'd translate it to dutch I'd say een paar which meens both a few and a pare and as we al know pares are 2 that makes 2..... though yea people use it for other amounts... | |
Depends on what were talking about. VERY RELEVANT when speaking of things that can be numbered in the gajillions. Like the number of atoms in the universe. Or a much smaller number, the number of people in the world. It depends on what you are proportioning it to. | |
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How many do you consider a few to be?
P.S.What is it with the moronic new site design?I had to highlight the text to see what I was typing into and the breadcrumbs (the forum navigation link at the top) just sort of blur into the background.