http://www.englishforums.com/English/EslGeneralEnglishGrammar-Questions/Forum12.htmAsk your questions on grammar and get your sentence checked. We answer lots of different types of general English grammar questions here. <font color=red>DO NOT post paragraphs and compositions here. Post them in our <a href="http://www.englishforums.com/English/EssayReportCompositionWriting/Forum9.htm"><b>Essay, Report and Composition Writing Forum</b></a>.</font>enXMOD (Build: 3616.28671)http://www.englishforums.com/English/PleaseQuestions/zrkxp/post.htm#421251Thu, 26 Mar 2009 14:31:45 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:421251Yoong Liat0http://www.englishforums.com/English/PleaseQuestions/zrkxp/post.htm#421251http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-421251.xmlAnonymous wrote: Hi, Grammar Geek! - He has few dollars in his pocket to buy food. ( 'Few' means 'not many'. Therefore, your sentence means 'He has not many dollars ... ' Hence, the sentence is not correct. He has a few dollars in his pocket to buy food. ( The sentence is correct if 'a' is added. )http://www.englishforums.com/English/PleaseQuestions/zrkxp/post.htm#420853Sun, 26 Apr 2009 13:31:45 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:420853Anonymous1http://www.englishforums.com/English/PleaseQuestions/zrkxp/post.htm#420853http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-420853.xmlHi Grammar Geek, Thanks again. I appreciated your explanations a lot ! Best wishes.http://www.englishforums.com/English/PleaseQuestions/zrkxp/post.htm#420811Mon, 26 Jan 2009 14:31:45 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:420811Grammar Geek2http://www.englishforums.com/English/PleaseQuestions/zrkxp/post.htm#420811http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-420811.xml1) If you held a knife to my throad and said "Choose! Eat soup or drink soup?" then I would choose "eat." But it doesn't sound natural to me. He loves to have soup as an appetizer. He loves soup as his main course. 2) He has only a few dollars in his pocket. He has hardly any money. I can't see the original post as I write this reply, so perhaps I gave you bad advice earlier. "He has few dollars" isn't idiomatic. He has only a few dollars or he has little money. Likewise, "He has hardly any dollars" simply isn't idiomatic. You can use it for other nouns: He has many toys, he has a few toys, he has few toys, he has hardly any toys. Just not dollars, because that means "money," a non-countable noun. If you want to refer to...http://www.englishforums.com/English/PleaseQuestions/zrkxp/post.htm#420800Tue, 26 May 2009 13:31:45 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:420800Anonymous3http://www.englishforums.com/English/PleaseQuestions/zrkxp/post.htm#420800http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-420800.xmlHi, Grammar Geek! Thanks for helping me, but I still have some questions : 1) You said it's better simply to say: he loves onion soup . But what do American people consider as right : He loves eating soup ? 2) Let's suppose I have the following sentence: - He has few dollars in his pocket to buy food. If I had to replace the underlined words above by hardly any , wouldn't I have : he has hardly any dollars in his pocket (?) Now if my previous sentence was : he has little money in his pocket to buy food, and I had to replace little money by hardly any , so I would have : he has hardly any money , isn' t it ? So why can't I write : he has hardly any dollars in his pocket to buy food. Thanks once more...http://www.englishforums.com/English/PleaseQuestions/zrkxp/post.htm#420769Thu, 26 Mar 2009 14:31:45 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:420769Grammar Geek4http://www.englishforums.com/English/PleaseQuestions/zrkxp/post.htm#420769http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-420769.xml1. He loves to eat onion soup (by the way in English do we say to eat soup or to drink it ? Because soup is something liquid, not solid to eat.). Hmm. I certainly don't say "drink soup" but now that you mention it, "eat soup" is odd too. I would say simply "He loves onion soup." (I certainly like the kind with melted cheese on top!) 2) We went to the show even though we hadn't been invited. This is fine. 3)He has hardly any dollars money in his pocket to buy food. 4) It's better to wait (or) it's better wait ?http://www.englishforums.com/English/PleaseQuestions/zrkxp/post.htmSun, 26 Apr 2009 13:31:45 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:420748Anonymous5http://www.englishforums.com/English/PleaseQuestions/zrkxp/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-420748.xmlHello ! Could you please, help me with my questions and check if some following sentences are OK? He loves to eat onion soup (by the way in English do we say to eat soup or to drink it ? Because soup is something liquid, not solid to eat.). We went to the show even though we hadn't been invited. He has hardly any dollars in his pocket to buy food. It's better to wait (or) it's better wait ? Thanks so much in advance.