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a little milk, a little of milk, are they both correct please?
Jan 22, 2020 3:56 AM
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"A little milk" is the correct one.
We usually don't use "of" after "a little ".
January 22, 2020
To say a little of you need to insert a noun, for example, a little bottle of milk, a little cup of milk, a little sip of milk.
January 22, 2020
Thanks for all of your kind comments.
January 22, 2020
Sounds like a line from Oliver Twist, by Charles Dickens, a famous English author :)
January 22, 2020
“A little milk” is correct. We can also say “a little bit of milk”. We cannot say “a little of milk” in English — that is typical in some other European languages, especially Romance languages (i.e. languages from Latin).
Edited for a typo.
January 22, 2020
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