two too few Hi, there Let's suppose a person has 30 candies and he is giving them out to 6 children. Let's say one child gets 4 and the other 8. Could the child that got 5 say "I got two too few/litt

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two too few Hi, there Let's suppose a person has 30 candies and he is giving them out to 6 children. Let's say one child gets 4 and the other 8. Could the child that got 5 say "I got two too few/little"? Or should they say "I got two fewer"? Thank you

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two too few

Hi, there

Let's suppose a person has 30 candies and he is giving them out to 6 children. Let's say one child gets 4 and the other 8. Could the child that got 5 say "I got two too few/little"? Or should they say "I got two fewer"?

Thank you

Hi Gabriel,

It would be more natural for a child to say "I didn't get as many as they did." or "They got more than me." The phrase "I got too few" would be correct, but it wouldn't be very common in spoken English.

I hope that helps!

Liz

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