2007-09-11 15:47:58 · 19 answers · asked by Granny 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Senior Citizens
couple = 2
few = 3 or 4
several = 5 and up
2007-09-11 15:55:39 · answer #1 · answered by jeff k 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
2 is a couple
3 is a few
2007-09-11 22:55:55 · answer #2 · answered by Wishing 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
generally speaking, "a couple" means two (2). A "few" always refers to more than two.
A few people were milling around the market could mean anywhere from 3 to maybe 5.
After that I think you're referring to groups and mobs!! :O))
2007-09-11 23:53:10 · answer #3 · answered by autumlovr 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
2 is a couple, 3 is a few
2007-09-11 22:56:39 · answer #4 · answered by Stacy N 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A couple= 2
A few= 3 - 4
anything over 5 is a group.
2007-09-12 09:16:54 · answer #5 · answered by ♥PirplePashn♥ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good golly miss molly! A couple of what? A couple of dozen is 24, a couple of gross is 288. A few might be 2 or three, or it might be 100's ( a few grains of sand on a beach ????)...I suspect that these are relative terms, aren't they? Neither you nor I can put a finite number to a vague description, and neither can anyone else. But then, I wax philosophical now and then :-) ( or is that "wax on....wax off...." ?)
2007-09-12 02:04:27 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
A "few" is like saying, it's as far as a "see" a "see" is as far as one can "see" so, that means a "few see's" is a considerable distance, where as a "couple" of "see's" is a lot shorter.
It's like saying "Jack hooked the watchamacallit to the dohicky so they could take the thngamajig to the youknow, it was only a see away."
Now, do you understand what a "see" is? it's like a "few" but, not exactly.
2007-09-12 05:16:40 · answer #7 · answered by cowboydoc 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Couple is two
Few is 3-7
Several is 7+
2007-09-12 10:28:53 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
a couple is always two. A few is three or more depending on where you are in the country.
2007-09-11 22:53:30 · answer #9 · answered by David M 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I vividly remember being taught acouple is two a few is 3 or 4 no more
2007-09-12 09:47:52 · answer #10 · answered by Southern Comfort 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋