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Money Bought Apple Cheese Nouns Plural Countable Cars

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Keyword few
Sub Entry Number 1
Type of Sentence
Error Sentence With the few money he had been given, he bought an apple and some cheese.
Correct Sentence With the little money he had been given, he bought an apple and some cheese.
Cloze Error Sentence With the [[few]] money he had been given, he bought an apple and some cheese.
Cloze Sentence With the [[little]] money he had been given, he bought an apple and some cheese.
Cloze Answer little
Choices few | little
Explanation

Few is used with plural countable nouns: 'very few cars'.

Little is used with uncountable nouns: 'very little traffic'.

Compare: 'He had very little money, just a few coins.'

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