A Few/Few, A Little/Little: How to Talk About Quantities in English

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In this video, Alisha answers 5 questions.
- Could you pls show me how to pronounce these symbols: # @ - _ * ( ) ?
- What is the difference between -farther / further-, -a lot of / lots of-, -for example / for instance.
- Englsih speakers uses crispy, crunchy and crisp when they explain about food. What is the difference between them?
- Whats the difference between "a few" and "few" also "a little" and "little"?
- Could you tell me the difference b/w “that” and “which”?

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[jerrygonzalezbarrera]

One of the most interestings episodes of the series. Thanks so much for that valuable information!

[dasepulveda]

In summary:
- A few: neutral (fact) for countable nouns
- Few: negative (disappointment) connotation for countable nouns
- A little: neutral for uncountable nouns
- Little: negative connotation for uncountable nouns

[sahilqureshi]

For countable nouns:-

A few (positive feeling)😊

Few (negative feeling) 😢

I have a few books of English 😊

I have a few books of English 😢

For uncountable nouns :-

A little ( positive feeling)😊

little (negative feeling)😢

There is a little water in the bottle😊

There is little water in the bottle😢

[nicomentes]

Thanks for the info for "few/a few" . Would be great if YouTube could let you add the timestamps of uploaded videos, have a nice one Alisha!

[kerimhadzibegovic]

Thanks Alisha. Always something new to learn. To spend a wonderful weekend, save a little bit of time for engliish class 101 with Alisha. Greetings. Kareem

[alihakeem]

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[moacir]

Very informative! I love this kind of video! Definitely, bookmarked!

[ramonramossilva]

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[matmateo]

I love this section named ask Alisa!!! You always resolve me some forgettable rules of grammar!

[rzajefri]

Teacher, the way u talk about food (mouthwatering )my mouth is watering and l think yours too, cause both of us after finishing last word about food, swallowed saliva 😉👍

[namtola]

Thanks for today. I'm realy into this lesson.

[hugoalexvargaszambrano]

Good work Alisha.. excellent lesson.. very helpful.. thanks you..

[alizabilqis]

How interesting! Thank you very much :)

[damialym]

Lesson was useful. Thanks from Bishkek

[ekaterinashapovalova]

hey, Alisha🙋💖💖💖
could you explain the difference between _able to do something_ and _ capable of doing something ???🤔

[gadeerababneh]

Thanks a lot Alisha, you're adorable 💙

[saamoinu]

Interesting English class, I have learnt a lot. Please tell us the difference of 'between and among '

[chij]

Hi, Alisha! What is the difference between these expressions:
- quite a few
- quite a little (is there such expression?)
- quite a number of
- quite a lot
- quite a lot of
- quite a bit of
- quite a bit
- quite a while
Is there any similar expressions? Could you list all of them?
Could you explain the difference between with preposition OF and without and the difference between with word QUITE and without?
Thank you in advance.

[habibahabob]

She's lucky. She has few problems/ a few problems
I found out that the answer is few problems is the correct one but I don't understand why?! It's a positive idea, don't we have to choose a few?!

[gisellesuarez]

I found two mistakes in my student's speech. I wrote an email to her like this: Dear Ana, well done! I found just few mistakes in your speech." Then, after watching this video I changed my sentence: "Dear Ana, I found just a few mistakes in your speech"...Do you suggest this last one or maybe simply: "Dear Ana, I found a couple of small mistakes in your speech." Thanks a lot! :)