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nlmdejonge

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Minor text error

When using the auto-save feature
"It looks like you were here few minutes ago."
should be
"It looks like you were here a few minutes ago."

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CatoniC

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Re: Minor text error

"few minutes" is plural not singular

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nlmdejonge

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Re: Minor text error

Hm, actually, both are allowed, I think.
http://english.stackexchange.com/questi … few-vs-few
I think it's unrelated to things being plural or singular.
But I'm not a native speaker of English.

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Xfrogman43

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Re: Minor text error

"few minutes" is plural not singular

You can still say "you were here a few minutes ago." You wouldn't say "You were here a few minute ago"...
Not sure what your problem is anyways, nobody said anything about plural or singular.
Just add an 'a' after here and it's all good.

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Koya

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Re: Minor text error

Sometimes more accurate to write what sounds the best - I agree with the fix.

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skullz17

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Re: Minor text error

Hm, actually, both are allowed, I think.
http://english.stackexchange.com/questi … few-vs-few
I think it's unrelated to things being plural or singular.
But I'm not a native speaker of English.

Yeah but that's like saying "there are few [something]s". I don't think you can say "this event happened few minutes ago", it just doesn't sound right to apply it to time units. Also, I think the meaning is slightly different without the "a", because without it it's like saying "not many", but with it it's more like saying "some".

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Anak

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Re: Minor text error

Hm, actually, both are allowed, I think.
http://english.stackexchange.com/questi … few-vs-few
I think it's unrelated to things being plural or singular.
But I'm not a native speaker of English.

Yeah but that's like saying "there are few [something]s". I don't think you can say "this event happened few minutes ago", it just doesn't sound right to apply it to time units. Also, I think the meaning is slightly different without the "a", because without it it's like saying "not many", but with it it's more like saying "some".

"a few" would be the same as a couple, some, or several. "few" would be the same as scarcely, not many, or hardly any. While both unspecified, "few" implies that there is less of the subject then in other cases.
In the case of a couple, you can't just say "couple minutes ago". It makes no sense. Couple requires an "a" in front of it. So would few.