My brother kept saying when something is "a couple", it would be 2. I always thought it was around 3, 4.
2007-11-12 12:02:22 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Business & Finance ➔ Other - Business & Finance
a couple is 2. Thats why a COUPLE..like a COUPLE is TWO people!!!! OH they make a nice couple!!!
2007-11-12 12:10:05 · answer #1 · answered by zanthus 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A couple generally refers to 2.
2007-11-12 20:14:15 · answer #2 · answered by Judy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is an approximate number and depends a lot on the size of the object and intended use.
If someone asks for a couple of olives you don't usually give them 2, I'd give them 3-7 they are small and easily consumed.
large or permanent items would be closer to 2 than small consumables.
same with few, several, and other indefinite quantity words.
2007-11-12 20:13:10 · answer #3 · answered by don_sv_az 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Two.
Several is 3 or 4.
2007-11-12 20:58:53 · answer #4 · answered by biz_chick05 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
colloquially "couple' has come to mean a handful, a few, two, or two or more (an indefinite small amount.)
if you said "give me a couple o' bucks, u would not mean just two, and would not complain if someone handed you three or four dollars.
the anal retentive among us will hold fast to two and two only.
Hitler would surely have concurred.
http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=couple
2007-11-12 20:19:08 · answer #5 · answered by ab dominance 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A couple is two
A few is three
2007-11-12 20:09:19 · answer #6 · answered by K 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, it's two. A few is three.
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2007-11-12 20:07:53 · answer #7 · answered by CIWWAF ♥ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋