Cómpletely not dev related but...

Any english geeks?

What is the difference between a few and the few ??
I can't find a difference but my stupid school english teacher is telling there is a diffenence

I could "feel" the difference but had to look it up!

Here's the best explanation that I found:

"a few" means "some" while "the few" means "all of those"

e.g.

- "I got a few complex questions" --> Some questions that I have are complex

- "The few questions that I have are complex" --> All of the questions that I have are complex"

Source: https://englishgrammar.org/a-few-an...

Hope this will help a little!

@Jilano me too xD

Not a native speaker, but, isn't that the difference between determined and undetermined objects?

Meaning "a XXX" denotes one sample of XXX, without specifications, whereas "the XXX I mentioned before" determines amongst the other XXX the ones that I mentioned before!

@Jilano @EV-EV i think i get it
Thanks

@7Raiden seems like it as well
I am not native too btw

@7Raiden Pretty much, but the concept might be a bit harder to grasp because of the nature of "few" (different in other countries/languages)

@CozyPlanes Glad to hear that!

@Jilano That explanation is almost verbatim included in the image

@AlgoRythm Pretty much, yes. I just wanted to use both on a similar sentence to help him understand.

"a few" means any few,

"the few" means these really specific few