Something similar but I learnt only in my high school is this - "few" vs "a few" few = not very many, with a focus on the fact that this number is (remarkably)

Something similar but I learnt only in my high school is this - "few" vs "a few" few = not very many, with a focus on the fact that this number is (remarkably) small. "a few" = not very many, but at least more than one. https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/1866/a-few-vs-few https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/1866/a-few-vs-fe... My English teacher however taught us this way: few = zero a few = more than one