'Some days', 'several days' and 'a few days', What's different?

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‘Some days’, ‘several days’ and ‘a few days’, What’s different?

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I could be wrong I am not a native but I think several is for more days, a few for less and some for more than one like the other 2 but without sense of many or few

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I don’t think there is a difference. Take the sentence from the text

  • You have been studying for some days

  • You have been studying for several days

  • You have been studying for a few days

I think these are all the same. The first one is a bit unnatural.

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Both “several” and “a few” are very indeterminate, but “several days” would usually mean more than a few days.

“Some days” is different. You might say “I spent some some days on this”, and that would probably be equivalent to “a few”. It’s not too common to state it this way, though.

On the other hand, “Some days I take the bus to work” does not imply any quantity other than ‘not all’. Some days I take the bus, other days I drive.

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“Few children like turnips.” = Almost no children like cabbage. (This is a very general statement.)

“Few of the children like turnips” = Almost none of some specific group of children like turnips.

“A few children like cabbage.” = Some children like cabbage, though not a large number.

“Quite a few children like apples.” = Many children like apples.

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“Quite” makes quite a difference when used with “a few”!

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