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some cream in your coffee vs. few cream in your coffee Tue Apr 17, 2007 11:56 am  some cream in your coffee vs. few cream in your coffee
 

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ESL/EFL Test #249 "Few, a little and some (1)", question 2

Would you like ......... cream in your coffee?

(a) few
(b) little
(c) some

English Language Tests, Intermediate level

ESL/EFL Test #249 "Few, a little and some (1)", answer 2

Would you like some cream in your coffee?

Correct answer: (c) some
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Why 'some' Wed Apr 18, 2007 17:06 pm  Why 'some'
 

Hello,
You have to use some here because you can't say 'little cream.' You have to say 'a little cream.' And, 'few' is usually used with countable nouns. "Cream" is a non-count noun so 'some' is the only possibility here.
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