Quantifiers: Some rules of Thumb on the se of little, a litlle, few and a few.
a. little: only use with uncountable nouns. synonym for hardly any, not much e.g. Look at the sky, there is little hope for bright and sunny wheather tomorrow.
b. A little: only used with uncountable nouns, synonym for a small amount, some. e.g. Is there? The weather forecast says there is still a little hope.
c. Few: with countable nouns, sysnonym for hardly any, not many. e.g. Few people attended the meeting. I counted only 4.
d. A few: with countable nouns, synonym for a small number, some. e.g. A few people asked me how I felt. That was nice