few / a few / little / a little

oz miqdor — «bir oz» yoki «juda kam» (ohangi qarama-qarshi)

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Qanday yasaladi

few + plural · little + uncountable

a few / a little = ijobiy ohang, «bir oz bor». few / little (artiklsiz) = salbiy ohang, «deyarli yo‘q». Sanash: few + ko‘plik, little + sanalmas.

Namunalar — Examples

Few developing countries can afford such large-scale investment. Kam sonli rivojlanayotgan davlat bunday yirik sarmoyani ko‘tara oladi.

Izoh — qachon ishlatiladi

Bitta a ma’noni teskari qiladi — bu Reading’da ham savol bo‘ladi:

A few countries have met the target. = bir nechtasi uddaladi (ijobiy)
Few countries have met the target. = deyarli hech biri uddalamadi (salbiy)

⚠️ Tez-tez qilinadigan xato

a few information → ✅ a little information.

O‘xshash shakllar va farqi

much / many / a lot of few/little = oz; many/much = ko‘p
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