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What generally counts as "a couple," "a few," and "several"?
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Date: April 29th, 2026 12:45 AM Author: Heady indigo stage dysfunction For me it's: - a couple = 2-3 - a few = 3-6 - several = 6+ but usually like 6-20 |
Date: April 29th, 2026 12:49 AM Author: Honey-headed pistol background story wrt beer(s) "a few" is 6+ deep actually probably more than that |
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Date: April 29th, 2026 1:01 AM Author: pearl very tactful address mad-dog skullcap (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5861518&forum_id=2Reputation#49850340) |
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Date: April 29th, 2026 1:05 AM Author: Self-absorbed cream therapy theater What about the 24 oz natty ice? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5861518&forum_id=2Reputation#49850349) |
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Date: April 29th, 2026 1:12 AM Author: Honey-headed pistol background story it's always "a few" (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5861518&forum_id=2Reputation#49850359) |
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Date: April 29th, 2026 1:19 AM Author: chartreuse set no, it's always "only a couple"/"only a few"/"barely any" (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5861518&forum_id=2Reputation#49850373) |
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Date: April 29th, 2026 2:06 AM Author: Heady indigo stage dysfunction 180 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5861518&forum_id=2Reputation#49850429) |
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Date: April 29th, 2026 1:02 AM Author: pearl very tactful address mad-dog skullcap I can go as low as 3 for "several" but other than that I share your assessment (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5861518&forum_id=2Reputation#49850341) |
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Date: April 29th, 2026 1:02 AM Author: chartreuse set "a couple" = 2
"a few" = 3
"several" = 4-7
"quite a few" = 8-11
"a dozen" = 12
"many" = 13+ |
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Date: April 29th, 2026 1:04 AM Author: Self-absorbed cream therapy theater yeah this is what I thought too. well the closest I have seen itt. idk about many being 13+ I think I use that for less. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5861518&forum_id=2Reputation#49850345) |
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Date: April 29th, 2026 1:16 AM Author: chartreuse set would you prefer
"scads of" = 13+
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"lots of" = 13+ |
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Date: April 29th, 2026 1:21 AM Author: Honey-headed pistol background story loads (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5861518&forum_id=2Reputation#49850377) |
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Date: April 29th, 2026 1:33 AM Author: Self-absorbed cream therapy theater well its not that I have an issue with "many" its that I just didn't realize many had to be that many. I think I would say many for like 6, but its context dependent. To me a couple is clearly 2, and a few is 3 and a dozen is 12 but most of these other ones are just winged and heavily depend on the actual context. You might say "many raccoons" if you see like 7 of them, but 7 dollars isn't that many (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5861518&forum_id=2Reputation#49850395) |
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Date: April 29th, 2026 2:05 AM Author: chartreuse set here's how I do it: 1. one 2. a couple 3. a few 4(a) several = 4-7 4(b) a few more = +3 4(c) several more = +4..7
so 8 = several + several more or several + a couple more or a couple + several more
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Date: April 29th, 2026 2:07 AM Author: Heady indigo stage dysfunction "Many" is incredibly context-relevant to me. I'd use it for 2, I'd use it for 900K. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5861518&forum_id=2Reputation#49850431) |
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Date: April 29th, 2026 1:30 AM Author: wine brunch clown This is correct, except "quite a few" overlaps with the range of several, and is typically context dependent. Like if we say "quite a few people overstate their charitable contributions," we mean it in terms of millions. Same with "many." (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5861518&forum_id=2Reputation#49850387) |
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Date: April 29th, 2026 2:11 AM Author: chartreuse set quite a few people overstate their charitable contributions, but several sources allege there are many more. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5861518&forum_id=2Reputation#49850441) |
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Date: April 29th, 2026 1:06 AM Author: Self-absorbed cream therapy theater Have never heard anyone use "a couple" for anything other than 2 before (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5861518&forum_id=2Reputation#49850351) |
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Date: April 29th, 2026 1:17 AM Author: chartreuse set I have heard people say "a throuple of" when they meant 3 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5861518&forum_id=2Reputation#49850372) |
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Date: April 29th, 2026 1:30 AM Author: wine brunch clown same, but just when they say "throuple" (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5861518&forum_id=2Reputation#49850388) |
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Date: April 29th, 2026 2:10 AM Author: Heady indigo stage dysfunction For me its Meaning is 2 but I use it other ways. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5861518&forum_id=2Reputation#49850438) |
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Date: April 29th, 2026 1:07 AM Author: pearl very tactful address mad-dog skullcap how about "a handful of" (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5861518&forum_id=2Reputation#49850352) |
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Date: April 29th, 2026 1:11 AM Author: Honey-headed pistol background story a passel is like more than I could carry in my arms (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5861518&forum_id=2Reputation#49850356) |
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Date: April 29th, 2026 1:12 AM Author: pearl very tactful address mad-dog skullcap (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5861518&forum_id=2Reputation#49850358) |
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Date: April 29th, 2026 1:20 AM Author: chartreuse set a handful could be 4-6 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5861518&forum_id=2Reputation#49850375) |
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Date: April 29th, 2026 2:12 AM Author: Heady indigo stage dysfunction 3-1000 depending on what it's relative to. Actually maybe more. "A handful of people voted for RFK" = 750K Americans (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5861518&forum_id=2Reputation#49850445) |
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Date: April 29th, 2026 1:26 AM Author: sadistic state wrinkle More than one (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5861518&forum_id=2Reputation#49850382) |
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Date: April 29th, 2026 1:28 AM Author: Charcoal tanning salon A couple is always two with the caveat that it could have possibly been three but not much more
A few is the same as a couple but you're lying to make it sound larger
Several is definitely just once but you're really fibbing at this point
For everything else there's many, which goes up to a million at which point you have to use the number of digits in the figure at a minimum |
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Date: April 29th, 2026 2:04 AM Author: pearl very tactful address mad-dog skullcap (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5861518&forum_id=2Reputation#49850425) |
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Date: April 29th, 2026 2:08 AM Author: chartreuse set I prefer plenitudinous (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5861518&forum_id=2Reputation#49850432) |
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Date: April 29th, 2026 2:13 AM Author: Heady indigo stage dysfunction 180 and surprisingly accurate (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5861518&forum_id=2Reputation#49850446) |