‘A Little’, ‘Little’, ‘A Few’ and ‘Few’

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‘A Little’, ‘Little’, ‘A Few’ and ‘Few’

A little and little are use with uncountable nouns.

A few and few are used with countable plural nouns.

Countable and Uncountable nouns

We use ‘a little’ and ‘a few’ to show that we have enough of something even though it is not a large amount.

I have a little money left.

I have a few books in my library.

We use ‘little’ and ‘few’ to show that we don’t have enough of something.

I have little money left . Please help me.

I have few books in my library. I need to get some more.