Multiple choice

Directions: Choose the appropriate option for the blank, so as to make the sentence grammatically correct.

_________ people know that he belongs to a royal family.

  1. A little

  2. A few

  3. Less

  4. Few

  5. None of these

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D Correct answer
Explanation

Here 'few' has been used in the sense 'next to none'. 'Few' means next to none; 'a few' means some; 'the few' is specific to the group already referred to. 'Less' and 'little' are indicative of quantities, not of numbers.

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