Examples #1 I am barbecuing , I see my bother going out to dance on a Friday, and just to be nice with my brother that I don’t like much, l tell him : you can have a few ribs / some ribs . Example #2 Samsung is launching a few/some new phones. Who can explain the difference between some and a few ? I need to get them out of my head … I am constantly paying attention to the use of these two but I need to start giving some peace to my mind. Who can explain these two? Thanks
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I would say they are very similar. Maybe the difference is emphasis. Imagine someone asks, "Do you have any ribs?" You have 5 ribs. You could answer:
"Yes, we have some." SOME emphasizes the positive. We are not out of ribs. We have SOME.
"Yes, we have a few." A FEW emphasizes the negative/scarcity. We don't have a lot of ribs. We have a FEW.
So, frequently you can use either one. It just depends on how you want it to sound.
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Hi, Diego, you can say something like this:
Example 1: "While I am barbecuing, I see my brother going out to a dance on Friday. Just to be nice to him (I don't like him very much), I tell him: 'You can have a few ribs.'" If you're speaking in the past tense, I would say something like: "While I was barbecuing, I saw my brother going out to a dance on Friday ..."
Example 2: I would say: "Samsung is launching some new phones." You could also say "Samsung is launching a few new phones," but the other one sounds better.
We tend to use "few" when we refer to countable nouns like "a few pieces of candy," "a few students in the classroom," etc. On the other hand, we tend to use "some" when describing uncountable nouns like "may I have some water?" But sometimes, these words can be used interchangeably. It often depends on the context and how it's normally spoken in daily conversations.
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