Little and few (Yes, No, Not Given)
In my new Reading Walkthrough, there's a nice example of how the use of 'few' in the text will give you the answer to a Yes, No, Not Given statement.
The Reading is called 'Living with artificial intelligence'.
Try this question yourself (guess the answer first).
Yes, No, or Not Given?
22 Many people are comfortable with the prospect of their independence being restricted by machines.
Loss of freedom to behave badly isn’t always a bad thing, of course: denying ourselves the freedom to put children to work in factories, or to smoke in restaurants are signs of progress. But are we ready for ethical silicon police limiting our options? They might be so good at doing it that we won’t notice them; but few of us are likely to welcome such a future.
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NOT many people (= FEW of us) are comfortable with the prospect of (are likely to welcome such a future) = a future where their independence is restricted (by the silicon police limiting our options).
The opposite of ‘MANY’ is ‘NOT MANY’
A synonym for ‘NOT MANY’ is ‘FEW’.
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