Few and a few are used with plural
countable nouns: few coconuts, a few
coconuts. Little and a little are used with
uncountable nouns: little oil, a
little oil.
- Few
and little are regarded as negative. When
used, they imply scarcely any is available, almost none.
EXAMPLE: I have few clothes. / I have
got little money. (= I have almost no clothes or money.)
- A few
and a little describe a quantity that is viewed in a
positive way, and as having some, but enough.
EXAMPLE: I have a few books. / I have
got a little time. (= I still have some books or time.)
- We use a few
with plural countable nouns, and a little
with singular uncountable nouns.
EXAMPLE: Only a little water is left in
the trough for a few pigs to drink.
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