‘Few’ or ‘A few’??

以下句子的意思有何分別?

A. There were few people in the park today.

B. There were a few people in the park today.

其實‘few’是’只有很少‘的意思,包含了’太少‘或’不足夠‘的個人意見。

至於’a few’,則純屬客觀的陳述,是‘有幾個’的意思,不包括任何個人想法或感受。

e.g. I have few friends in Singapore. Not sure if I can survive if I move there. 

我在新加坡沒多少朋友。如果我要往那邊居住的话,真不知道能否撐得住了。

e.g. I have a few friends in Singapore. Maybe I can try to contact them?

我在新加坡有幾位朋友。也許我可以聯絡他們一下?

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