گرامر کی باریکیاں

C2 سطح پر، باریک گرامری انتخاب حقیقی معنوی فرق رکھتے ہیں — جیسے "a few" (مثبت: کچھ) بمقابلہ "few" (منفی: تقریباً کوئی نہیں)، یا "the number of" (واحد فعل) بمقابلہ "a number of" (جمع فعل)۔

Examples

• A few people understood the joke. (some did)
• Few people understood the joke. (almost none did)
• The number of applicants has grown. (singular verb — "the number" is the subject)
• A number of applicants have withdrawn. (plural verb — "applicants" is the real subject)
• She's hardly ever late. (= almost never, not "hardly, ever late")

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