'Couple,' 'Few,' and 'Several': The (Mostly) Definitive Guide

Re:'Couple,' 'Few,' and 'Several': The (Mostly) Definitive G... by stvltvs on Sunday October 01, 2023 @08:58AM (#37725511)

I'm an American who uses "couple" to mean exactly two. I suspect this is more of a regional or familial thing than something we can say about American English as a whole.

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Re:'Couple,' 'Few,' and 'Several': The (Mostly) Definitive G... by BirAdam on Sunday October 01, 2023 @10:17AM (#37726156)

I’d argue that there really isn’t a single American English just as there isn’t a single British English.

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Re:'Couple,' 'Few,' and 'Several': The (Mostly) Definitive G... by stvltvs on Sunday October 01, 2023 @01:55PM (#37728552)

I think there are enough commonalities to say useful things about American English. We all spell it "color" instead of "colour" to take a widely known example.

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