2016年11月20日 · "Fewest" is an adjective, not an adverb; it applies only to count nouns, so it would not be usable in this sentence. Compare the following two sentences: Our family has the fewest people of any in the village. ("fewest" as an adjective modifying the noun "people") She is the least polite person in our family.

the fewest tourists. Another grammatical possibility is. the lowest|least number of tourists. Although here and there you will encounter the phrase "fewest number of X", it is an outlier which many native speakers consider ungrammatical, even if there are some who use it.

2022年11月27日 · "Fewest" is always a quantifier that means "smallest in number", whereas "smallest" is always an adjective that means "smallest in size". I don't believe the two words can ever have the same meaning. Quantifiers that signify a plural quantity are followed by a plural noun. But "customer queue" is singular.

Which one is correct: "There is a few people" because of the A determiner which is singular, or "there are a few people" because of the noun PEOPLE which is plural? Thanks a lot.

One useful word which says that there are no people somewhere, or very few, especially in a place where people are sometimes expected to be, is deserted.

2021年3月31日 · Do "only a few" and "(very) few" have more or less the same meaning? a. John has only a few coins. b. John has (very) few coins.

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2021年7月27日 · If you are instead designing an interface, look at comparable interfaces and use the same. In this case, the Principle of Least Astonishment should be your primary guide. (TL:DR; Do what surprises the fewest people. It's kind of off-topic for this side, but please google it if you're building any kind of interface and haven't already.)