Few & A few: What's the difference - English In A Minute

What's the difference between 'few' and 'a few'? Improve your grammar with this free one-minute English class. Watch the video and tell us: Which of these sentences means 'I know the town very well'?
a) There are few places in town I haven't visited.
b) There are a few places in town I haven't visited.

[bbclearningenglish]

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[jsvfnzg]

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[nawarnawar]

There are so many channels on YOUTUBE teaching English, but few channels are really useful
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[LordClen]

Always learning new things from you. Thank you.

[ronikchannel]

Short and sweet.
thanks, it was very helpful.

[yellowblueua]

What an excellent pronunciation, dear!

[Priya-lobh]

Me and a few of my friends planned for a trip to Goa..

[mariamkamal]

Great, but I think that there is another difference between the two words, in terms of negative and positive meaning.
"A few" has a positive meaning, so when we say: "I have a few friends", it means that I have friends, the number is small but I am satisfied and happy.
But when I say: "I have few friends", it means that I almost have no friends and maybe l am lonely and sad.

[stu]

Like me, I have few friends, probably, in my life.

[erkansamc]

I didnt exactly understand but i guess you said that a few/ few for countable subcects..
For example
I have few credit cards but a rich man have a few credits cards.
Could i guess correctly?

[royliza]

I have a few pens which are there in d drawer .... Few is basically which means in small number n a few is positive which mean I have like adequate

[ahmedfarraj]

Hi
Thanks again
1.A few of friends of mine came to my birthday party
2. Few of my friends came to my birthday party.
The first sentence means that enough friends came, on the other hand the second means that I was so gutted when roughly no one of my friends came to my birthday party.

[nesma]

Is it grammatically correct to use the article (A) with plural nouns like in
I have (a) few friends who

[sanaturk]

Hi! How can i connect with you for some questions?

[andreagiraldomdphd.]

Dear Prof, I usually use "very few" instead of "few". A

[laidmokhtari]

"Listen to many and talk to a few" Albert Einstein.

[uujjbrw]

But I don't have few friends in London😅😅😅