few と a fewのちがい

little と　a littleの違いを調べたついでに　few と　a fewの違いをyahoo USAのyhoo answers でのぞいてみました。

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① There is little to choose between them in some instances, however one has to careful in their use.
I can think of a few examples to show you how to use these words.

Rosie is Bob's little sister - here 'little' describes, size and/or age of Rosie.
You cannot use few or a few in the same way. 

The occurrence of snow in the UK in July is few and far between ( meaning 'rare').
There are few people living in our street. Means there are not many. 

There are a few people living in our street - widens out the size considerably - could mean that there really are quite a large number of people
- it is a nondescript word of
size/number.

We live in little street means it is a small street. 

②
They're the same word and definition, It depends upon how they are used. Both are adjectives or pronouns. 

'Few' means 'not many' or 'small amount of':

 "Few people showed up for the meeting', meaning, 'Not many people showed up for the meeting.' 

''A few' refers to 'several'. 

'A few people showed up for the meeting,' meaning 'Several people showed up for the meeting.' 

To make it more clear, note the difference in these two almost identical sentences:

'Few friends showed up for his birthday party.' (Not many.)
'A few friends showed up for his birthday party.' (Several.) 

③Few and a few are used before Countable Noun. 

1) I have few dollars.

There is not really a noticeable difference.

But 'a few' is used to stress on the least quantity. 

2) I have a few dollars.

'Little' is used before Uncountable Noun.

3) I have little money.

4) I have little juice.

Like 'a few' we can also use 'a little'.

5) I have a little juice.

やっぱり、few だからと言って「ほとんど～ない」という意味ばかりではなかったな。