Settle a bet please......if you had to assign numbers to these terms....

[cowbell9]

...what would those numbers be:

A couple.........

A few............

Several...............

 

[hullabaloodog]

A couple: 2 (always)

A few: 3-5

Several: 6-10

'A few' and 'several' can change by a number or two depending on what you're talking about.

 

[dawgstudent]

"There are several flags on the field."

I think it's 3-4.

 

[Rabid]

Couple = 2

Few = 3 to 5

Several = 3 to 10

 

[dbb49]

1. Informal. A few; several: a couple of days.

 

[biguglyjoe]

****

 

[downwarddawg]

couple = 2
few = 3
several = 4 or more

 

[weblow]

couple = 2
few = 3
several = 4 or more

This is what I have always understood it to be. (That does not mean that it is correct)

 

[jamdawg96]

*

 

[Chem70]

couple=2
few=3
several = 4 or only so slightly more

 

[cps36]

hmmmmm.

 

[AzzurriDawg4]

nm

 

[cowbell9]

couple = 2
few is 3-5
several is more than 5 and less than 10

any idiot knows this. Well, maybe one doesnt.

 

[Optimus Prime 4]

several: being more than two but fewer than many in number or kind: <span class="ital-inline">several ways of doing it.

few: </span> not many but more than one

and everyone knows a couple is 2 only. A few can mean as little as two, but usually 3 or more, several has to be at least 3.

 

[cowbell9]

nm

 

[Henry Kissinger]

the silent 'n' of the queen's english. god bless you

 

[SwampDawg]

don't know about the others