Question
Download Solution PDFA sentence has been given with a blank to be filled with an appropriate option. Choose the correct alternative.
________ months later, Steve returned to New York to look for a job.
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)
Detailed Solution
Download Solution PDF- Let us understand the usage of the following:
- A little and a few are quantifiers meaning ‘some’.
- We use a little with singular uncountable nouns. We use a few with plural countable nouns.
- In the given sentence, the noun is months which is a countable noun.
- Thus, we will use the quantifier "a few"
- Thus, the correct sentence will be: A few months later, Steve returned to New York to look for a job.
Hence, the correct answer will be option 2.
Additional Information
- "Few" without the article "a" means almost none or not enough, not many.
- "The few" is incorrect because it implies a specific group of people or things that are few in number.
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