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Will Wood
07-16-2005, 07:42 PM
If you're talking about a couple of peope - it's always two.
But if you ask for a couple apples, how many are you asking for?
Got in a arguement about this at work. I think a couple is three. They argued some was three.
What is it?
Maggot6
07-16-2005, 09:54 PM
I have always thoguht of a couple being 2, but depending on the item(how many of the item are in a certain spot etc) 4. and a "few" being 3...And Some being 5...And if the "some" of those are small (example - screws) just a handful. Crazy Canadians :rolleyes:
atm743
07-16-2005, 09:58 PM
to me it = 2
cuse if it isent what would a dozen cupples of egg's mean then :rolleyes: ;)
:D
teufelhunden
07-16-2005, 10:30 PM
to me it = 2
cuse if it isent what would a dozen cupples of egg's mean then :rolleyes: ;)
:D
Do you, uh, speak the language?
wanna-b-ballin'
07-16-2005, 10:34 PM
Do you, uh, speak the language?
that made me laugh.
a couple is 2
a few is 3
above that you should say the number, it saves people from getting confused
B.A.M.
07-16-2005, 10:47 PM
2 cuz as you said with people it is 2 people
Eagle
07-16-2005, 10:56 PM
A couple is 2, a few is 3, several is anywhere from 4-11.
ScatterPlot
07-16-2005, 11:49 PM
Couple is 2, I would say few is 3-4, then some changes depending on the item- give me some soup, for example, or give me some screws, or apples.
Thordic
07-17-2005, 01:06 AM
cou·ple n.
Two items of the same kind; a pair.
few
n.
An indefinitely small number of persons or things
sev·er·al
adj.
Being of a number more than two or three but not many:
Use the dictionary. Dopes.
fire1811
07-17-2005, 04:35 PM
that made me laugh.
a couple is 2
a few is 3
above that you should say the number, it saves people from getting confused
ditto
personman
07-17-2005, 04:39 PM
I think a couple means two
a few means a small number
how the hell do you get 3 out of the word few?
APgamer55
07-17-2005, 07:36 PM
POOF
personman
07-17-2005, 07:47 PM
blah blah
I'll make a mental note.
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