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Quantifiers: Few, A Few, Little, A Little
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Directions: Fill in the blank with the suitable adjective:
_______ persons can keep a secret.
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Few
💡 Explanation:
“Little” indicates small quantity; “Few” indicates small number. But “Little” and “Few”, unless prefixed by indefinite article “a/an”, are negative in connotation. “Little/Few” will mean next to nothing (quantity/number). “A little/A few “will mean some quantity or number.