Sentence structure - has

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Vincent Teo  #459811  Thu, 03 Jan 08 12:29 PM

Can I write the sentence with the correct position of "has"?

(a) Ali is very boastful and has a few friends.

  
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Hoa Thai  #459819  Thu, 03 Jan 08 12:47 PM
 Vincent Teo wrote:

Can I write the sentence with the correct position of "has"? You certainly can!Smile [:)]

(a) Ali is very boastful and has a few friends. Okay. BTW, do you mean 'a few' or 'few'? 'a few' means 'a small number of friends'; 'few' w/o 'a' means 'not mnay' or even 'none'.

  
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Vincent Teo  #459832  Thu, 03 Jan 08 01:20 PM

I think "a few" or "few" is correct if I want to mean a small number or not many, right?

  
Yankee  #459861  Thu, 03 Jan 08 01:55 PM
To me, your sentence would be logical with "few" (i.e. "not many").
  
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Yoong Liat  #459875  Thu, 03 Jan 08 02:31 PM
 Hoa Thai wrote:
 Vincent Teo wrote:

Can I write the sentence with the correct position of "has"? You certainly can!Smile [:)]

(a) Ali is very boastful and has a few friends. Okay. BTW, do you mean 'a few' or 'few'? 'a few' means 'a small number of friends'; 'few' w/o 'a' means 'not mnay' or even 'none'.

I'd write "Being very boastful, Ali has few friends.

  
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