Direction: In the following questions, a part of the sentence is printed in bold. Below are given alternatives to the bold part at (1), (2) and (3) which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative.In case no improvement is needed your answer is (4).
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Luckily we’ve got the few minutes to spare.
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- quite few
- a little
- a few
- No improvement
Correct Option: C
a few (Det ; Adj.) : a small number ; some
few (Det ; Adj.) : not many
Hence, a few is the right usage.
