This document discusses quantity words in English and how their meaning can change based on whether they are used with the indefinite article "a" or without it. It notes that words like "a few", "a little", and "a bit of" indicate a small but positive quantity, while "few", "little", and "much" without "a" have a negative meaning of not many or not much. It also provides examples of countable and uncountable nouns that can be used with these quantity words.

1. TOO MANY (+)
SEVERAL
A FEW
FEW =NOT
MANY
A COUPLE OF
TOO MUCH (+)
A BIT OF
A LITTLE
A LITTLE BIT OF
LITTLE (+) =NOT
MUCH
A LOT OT / LOTS OF
PLENTY OF
ENOUGH
SOME (+)
ANY (-)
COUNTABLE NOUNS UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS COUNTABLE / UNCOUNTABLE

2. Notes…
With A the meaning is positive
A few= some, a small number
A little= some, a small amount
Without A the meaning is negative
few=not many
Little= not much
Informal speech NOT MANY and NOT MUCH is more common than
FEW and LITTLE.