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"a couple" always means two. "A few" always means three. That wiki is wrong.
by bigstrat2003 1y ago
"a couple" always means two. "A few" always means three. That wiki is wrong.
- projektfu 1y agoIf someone says, there were a couple [of] people there, I would not expect there to have been two, specifically.
- eesmith 1y agoFeel free to check some print dictionaries. New Merriam-Webster dictionary, 1989, def. 4 "an indefinite small number" - https://archive.org/details/newmerriamwebste00spri/page/180/mode/2up?q=couple https://archive.org/details/newmerriamwebste00spri/page/180/... Pocket Oxford English dictionary, 2005, def. 3 "(informal) an indefinite small number" - https://archive.org/details/pocketoxfordengl0000unse_p5e4/page/200/mode/2up?q=couple https://archive.org/details/pocketoxfordengl0000unse_p5e4/pa... The Random House college dictionary, 1975, def. 6, "a couple of, (Informal) a small number of, a few"