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What is the difference between a couple of days and a few days ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between a couple of days and a few days ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
How do use these two differently?
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Couple - means in two, so if used literally it would mean in two days
But people use a couple of days even if it's not for two days so a few days and a couple of days can be considered the same!
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Couple - means in two, so if used literally it would mean in two days
But people use a couple of days even if it's not for two days so a few days and a couple of days can be considered the same!
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@cimajin few would mean anything more than 1! I would usually use a few if it's anything 3 or above!
@cimajin few would mean anything more than 1! I would usually use a few if it's anything 3 or above!
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