The meaning of FEW is not many persons or things. How to use few in a sentence.

(A) little and (a) few are quantifiers meaning ‘some’. Little and few have negative meanings. We use them to mean ‘not as much as may be expected or wished for’. …

The few means a small set of people considered as separate from the majority, especially because they share a particular opportunity or quality that the others do not have.

3 days ago · Few is used with plural nouns only; its synonymous counterpart little is used with uncountable nouns. Although indefinite in nature, a few is usually more than two (two often being …

Few and a few are both used in front of nouns, but they do not have the same meaning. You use a few simply to show that you are talking about a small number of people or things.

When few is used with a noun, the noun is plural: few speakers; a few speakers; quite a few speakers. Note also the slight difference in meaning between few and a few.

Few refers to a small number of something or not many. It is often used to represent a quantity that is less than 'some' or 'many' but more than 'zero' or 'a couple'.

FEW definition: not many but more than one. See examples of few used in a sentence.

Learn about quantifiers like all, some, enough and less and do the exercises to practise using them.

Much, many, little, few, some, any. Quantifiers. A2. Pre-intermediate English grammar and exercises. Learn how to use quantifiers in English.