what is the difference between "Few years ago" and "A few years ago" ? a"
Could you provide a similar sentence wich meaning change without "a"

thanks

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what is the difference between "Few years ago" and "A few years ago" ? a"
Could you provide a similar sentence wich meaning change without "a"

thanks

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I cannot think of an example where we would say “few years ago” without also using the “a”.  It sounds wrong without the “a”.

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few and a few have very different meanings, they are not interchangeable .

few = an insufficent number i.e. not enough
a few = some

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I think few years ago could be used in short answers and in the beginning of sentences (I'm not sure about it, though).

Example:
- When you moved here?
- Few years ago

- How you decided to live here?
- I had the decision talking to my husband a few years ago

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