Meaning of QUITE A FEW - A Really Short English Lesson with Subtitles
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So the phrase "quite a few" can be somewhat
confusing for people who are learning English
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because you might have learned the word "few"
and if I was to say, "I went to watch a basketball
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game and there only a few spectators there."
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It means that there wasn't very many spectators
there to watch the sport.
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But if I go to a basketball game and I say
that there were quite a few spectators there
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it actually means that there a lot of spectators
there.
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So if I was to say there were just a few or
there were a few it would mean that there
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weren't very many but if I was to say that
there were quite a few it would mean that
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there are a lot there.
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Right now I'm making supper for my family.
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I shouldn't be outside because I have quite
a few things on the stove cooking right now,
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and I shouldn't be outside without watching
them, so I'm gonna go back in now.
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