Article 'A' with the expression "very little reaction"

[lost_soul]

"There was A ? very little reaction to Henry's speech, except from ..."

Do we need the article here ("a") ?

thanks

P.S. I asked this question because I've seen many times that in some cases writers use "a" before "reaction" and in the others - dont. Could you elucidate this matter, please?
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[Alan]

Hi,

I think you have to make the distinction between ' a very little reaction', which would mean ' a very small/insignificant reaction' and 'very little reaction' which would mean 'not much reaction/hardly any reaction.'

Alan
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[Torsten]

Dear Lost Soul,

Could you please do me a favour and read this:
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http://www.english-test.net/forum/ftopic16459.html

Let me know what you think.
Many thanks.
Torsten
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