Few emphasizes that the number is small; a few or the few emphasizes that there are some, perhaps a limited number.
- Few of us enjoy shovelling snow at -30° C.
- I have only a few jars of rhubarb chutney left from last year.
- Charlotte is one of the few women riding bulls on the rodeo circuit.
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