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How would you describe a few?
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a few = 3, after that it's multiple

@MummaBear handful is actaully based on what fits in the palm of the hand. Peanuts a handful is about 12 to 17. M & M's handful is about 9 to 14.

@EvolLove @MummaBear it entirely depends on the context. It a person is 200 years old, 20 is a few years. If a person is 20 3 or 4 years is a few. 200 people in an arena of 35000 is a few people. In a room of 50, 7 would be a few.

@MummaBear A "few" is 3 or 4. After that, it's a "handful." 😄

@MummaBear less than three is either a 2 "a couple" or 1.

"A few" is 3 or 4 to me.

@MummaBear less than a half dozen.

Bunch is more than a half dozen but less than a dozen.

After a dozen use exact numbers unless multiples of 12. (ie: 4 dozen)

@MummaBear a few is three or more.

Which you did not offer as an answer

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@rredball thanks for the extra knowledge, 😁

@MummaBear now do SOME, A COUPLE OF, and SEVERAL

@rredball interesting 🧐.
Couple it's two.
Several is seven.
Some..... Any amount between 3 and 9!