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Can I ask you few questions Meaning?
So, “I want to ask you a few questions,” means that you have several questions to ask (probably not very many.)
How do you politely ask someone a question?
Key Words That Make Direct Questions More Polite
- Excuse me, could you help me pick this up?
- Pardon me, could you help me?
- Pardon me, could you give me a hand?
- Could you explain this to me?
Which is correct a few or few?
Few is a quantifier used with plural countable nouns. Without the article “a,” few emphasizes a small number of something. Adding the article removes the emphasis—a few means some.
How do you use few and a few?
Answer: Both the terms “few” and a few” technically refer to more than one, so some people use them interchangeably, assuming they mean the same, but that is not correct. ‘A few’ means ‘some’, whereas ‘few’ means ‘not a lot of’.
How do you say I have a few questions in an email?
How to ask for help via email
- Use a clear, direct subject line.
- Greet your reader.
- Establish your credibility.
- Put the question in the first or second sentence.
- Use a call to action to clarify the next steps.
- Make your email easy to read.
- Give your reader a deadline.
- Close the email politely and thoughtfully.
How do you ask multiple questions in an email?
Alert the reader in the opening sentence to the fact that you have multiple topics to cover, and then tell the reader what the topics are. I need to ask you about A) the date of the management training, B) the location, and C) the attendees.
How do I ask a question in an email?
Follow these steps to ask for help using email:
- Use a clear, direct subject line.
- Greet your reader.
- Establish your credibility.
- Put the question in the first or second sentence.
- Use a call to action to clarify the next steps.
- Make your email easy to read.
- Give your reader a deadline.
- Close the email politely and thoughtfully.
Is a few 3 or more?
While many would agree that few means three or more, the dictionary definition is, “not many but more than one.” So, a few cannot be one, but it can be as low as two.
What does I want to ask you a few questions mean?
In your example “I want to ask you a few questions” the determiner is a few – which normally means a small number, greater than two. Another way of saying this is “I want to ask you some questions”. Here the determiner is some which can mean any number that is not excessive.
What is the determiner of a few questions?
There are determiners that consist of more than one word: plenty of , a lot of, a few. In your example “I want to ask you a few questions” the determiner is a few – which normally means a small number, greater than two. Another way of saying this is “I want to ask you some questions”. H This is an excellent question.
How many questions do you want to ask in a conversation?
The spectrum goes from one question – which would be ‘I want to ask you A question’ to ‘every’ or ‘all’: .I want to ask you every question I can think of’. some questions – probably 8 to 12 questions, maybe more. You would not say ‘some few questions’.