{"id":72375,"date":"2019-09-26T07:57:51","date_gmt":"2019-09-26T07:57:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/?p=72375"},"modified":"2019-09-26T07:57:51","modified_gmt":"2019-09-26T07:57:51","slug":"little-vs-a-little","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/little-vs-a-little\/","title":{"rendered":"Little vs. A Little"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Little <\/b>is used with singular uncountable nouns.<\/p>\n
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  • She showed little interest<\/b> in what I said.<\/li>\n
  • I have little interest <\/b>in philosophy.<\/li>\n
  • There was little chance <\/b>of winning.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Before a pronoun or a determiner (the, this, my) we use little of.<\/b><\/p>\n

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    • I have learned not to think little of anyone <\/b>else\u2019s beliefs.<\/li>\n
    • Could I have a little of that <\/b>cheese?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Little and a little<\/h3>\n

      Little <\/b>has a rather negative meaning. It means hardly any<\/b>. A little<\/b> means some.<\/b><\/p>\n

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      • Give me a little milk.<\/b> (= some milk)<\/li>\n
      • I have little money.<\/b> (= hardly any)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

        A little <\/b>can be used before comparatives as a modifier.<\/p>\n

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        • I feel a little better <\/b>today.<\/li>\n
        • This car is a little faster <\/b>than that car.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

          Little with adjectives<\/h3>\n

          Little <\/b>is not normally used to modify other adjectives or adverbs. However, a little <\/b>can be used before certain adjectives and adverbs having a negative meaning.<\/p>\n

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          • It was a little embarrassing<\/b>.<\/li>\n
          • You are a little late<\/b>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

            Little is used with singular uncountable nouns. She showed little interest in what I said. I have little interest in philosophy. There was little chance of winning. Before a pronoun or a determiner (the,...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[251],"tags":[1198,1491,1600],"class_list":["post-72375","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-grammar","tag-a-little","tag-little","tag-little-vs-a-little"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72375","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72375"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72375\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72376,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72375\/revisions\/72376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}