2007-01-15 03:35:09 · 9 answers · asked by Wise Guy 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Dear Wise Guy,
Your question gives me my Laugh of the Day!
I had a similar discussion with both of my nearly adult children a number of years ago and we each had a totally different idea of what "A couple of minutes" meant.
To me it meant "2 or 3"
To my son (older child) it meant "Whatever".
To my daughter it meant "Several".
Each and everyone of us will come up with a different number and that number will change in different circumstances. We just go around and around in circles trying to come up with a specific number.
2007-01-15 03:51:32 · answer #1 · answered by JOYfilled - Romans 8:28 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Webster's says it's indefinite, so it's more than just a single number.
3 is a few, and I'd say 8 is many so:
4 to 7
2007-01-15 12:42:02 · answer #2 · answered by oenophiliac 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
47
2007-01-15 11:41:35 · answer #3 · answered by Tim 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think you can give "several" an exact number, but generally, it's more than just two and more than "a few."
2007-01-15 11:40:55 · answer #4 · answered by EmKay 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
any number more than three. several isnt really a number it just means any number more than three but not many.
Happy Trails â¥!
2007-01-15 11:48:28 · answer #5 · answered by Saaam 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
anything over 2, but less than 20.
2007-01-15 11:41:35 · answer #6 · answered by faversham 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
More than three
2007-01-15 11:39:45 · answer #7 · answered by Kate J 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'll say 6.
2007-01-15 11:39:25 · answer #8 · answered by Goddess of Grammar 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Three or more
Good luck!!!
2007-01-15 11:39:19 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋