Weeks 11 : Reporting Quantities and Checking Information

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How are you? I'm back with new material this week. I hope you will still stay on my blog. I hope you all can understand it.

A. REPORTING QUANTITIES

• In presentation and reports, you may need to talk about how much of something there is.
• The words you can use to do this depend of the thing you are describing.

1. "Few" for small numbers

• "Few" is used with plural countable nouns to say that there are not many of something. It emphasize how small the number is

=> few : not many

ex : There have been few new customers this quarter.

• "A few" is used with countable nouns to mean "some." It emphasize that the number, though small, is enough.

=> A few : some

ex : I have a few suggestions for how to improve sales.

2. "Little" for small amounts

• "Little" is used with uncountable nouns to say that there is not of something in UK English. It emphasize how small the amount is.

=> little : not much

ex : I have little doubt that next year will be challenging.

• "A little" is used with uncountable nouns to mean "some." It emphasizes that the amount, though small, is enough.

=> A little : some

ex : The summer should a offer a little boost of sales.

B. CHECKING INFORMATION 

• Sometimes you need to clarify whether you have understood a point.
• The are number of ways to politely check information in conversation.